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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Right-hander Jarrod Parker reached agreement on an $850,000, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, avoiding arbitration.The A's announced the deal Saturday, which includes $425,000 guaranteed. Parker has had lousy luck the past two seasons, not pitching in the majors since 2013. He missed...

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Tuesday:---DARK KNIGHT'S NIGHTMatt Harvey (12-7, 2.60 ERA) will pitch for the first time since seemingly ending a two-day uproar by declaring in The Players' Tribune that he will throw for the first-place Mets if they reach the postseason. Harvey...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) For a second straight year, no veteran committee candidates were deemed worthy of baseball's Hall of Fame.The Pre-Integration Era Committee weighed the merits of six players, three executives and one of the game's pioneers, all of whom made their mark before Jackie Robinson broke the...

SEATTLE (AP) High on Jerry Dipoto's list when he took over as general manager of the Seattle Mariners was building an outfield that was athletic and played to the strengths of their home park.Finding a center fielder was the priority, and Dipoto accomplished that task on Monday. The...

DETROIT (AP) Right-hander Logan Kensing and outfielder Nate Schierholtz have agreed to minor league contracts with the Detroit Tigers.Detroit said Wednesday that right-handers Melvin Mercedes and Dustin Molleken also agreed to minor league deals, as did utilityman Jordany Valdespin and infielder Alberto Gonzalez.Kensing and Schierholtz will report to...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Don Mattingly won't return as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers next year after agreeing with his bosses that he and the team needed a fresh start.Before they came to that decision, the parties discussed extending Mattingly's contract beyond next year, its final season.''When we...

ATLANTA (AP) Japan honored former home run king Hank Aaron with one of its highest awards on Thursday, saying he is a symbol of its close relationship with the United States and their shared love of baseball.The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette was presented...

BOSTON (AP) Frank Malzone, the Boston Red Sox's all-time leader among third baseman with homers and RBIs, has died, the team said Tuesday. He was 85.Malzone died at home in Needham, Massachusetts, of natural causes, the team said.A member of the Red Sox hall of fame since 1995,...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Major League Baseball hopes to play regular-season games in Europe within five years and return to Mexico for the first time since 1999.Rob Manfred, who took over as commissioner from Bud Selig in January, has made expansion of international play a priority.''I think the...

Second baseman Daniel Murphy and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the agreement, first reported by ESPN, was subject to a successful physical.Drafted by the...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuela's raucous, boozy and affordable baseball games have long provided respite from the growing gloom in the economically struggling country.Now, a more than quadrupling of ticket prices is putting a damper on the national pastime, with the season kicking off this month to sometimes half-empty...

NEW YORK (AP) Outfielder Alejandro De Aza and the New York Mets have agreed to a $5.75 million, one-year contract, pending a physical, according to person familiar with the negotiations.The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced. The deal contains an...