Joey Gallo and the Washington Nationals agreed Tuesday to a $5 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement for the 30-year-old outfielder and first baseman was subject to a successful physical.
Gallo gets a $2.5 million salary, and the agreement includes an $8 million mutual option for 2025 with a $2 million buyout, which would be payable by next Jan. 15. He can earn $1 million in performance bonuses this year for plate appearances: $200,000 each for 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600.
An All-Star with Texas in 2019 and '21, the strikeout-prone Gallo has slumped in recent years. He hit .181 in the last five seasons with 88 homers, 190 RBIs and 597 strikeouts in 1,323 at-bats, a 45% rate.
Gallo hit .177 with 21 homers, 40 RBIs and 142 strikeouts last year with the Minnesota Twins. He had an $11 million, one-year contract, then became a free agent.
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Hoskins, Brewers agree to deal
Rhys Hoskins and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a $34 million, two-year contract, filling the team's opening at first base.
A person familiar with the move confirmed it to The Associated Press on Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical.
Milwaukee won the NL Central last year with a 92-70 record before getting eliminated by Arizona in their Wild Card Series.
The addition of Hoskins gives the Brewers another power bat for the middle of their lineup. They had Rowdy Tellez and Carlos Santana at first base in 2023, but they let go of Tellez after the season and he signed with Pittsburgh in December. Santana remains a free agent.
Paxton agrees to deal with Dodgers, AP source says
Left-hander James Paxton and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to an $11 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the agreement was subject to a successful physical.
Paxton can earn up to $13 million if he is healthy during the early part of the season and starts at least 20 games.
He joins a Dodgers rotation projected to include fellow newcomers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow along with Walker Buehler, returning from Tommy John surgery, and Bobby Miller or Emmet Sheehan.
Stephenson joins Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Right-handed reliever Robert Stephenson agreed to a $33 million, three-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old Stephenson joins his fifth major league team after an impressive finish last season with Tampa Bay, where he adjusted his slider into a faster, more dangerous pitch after joining the Rays in a trade last June. He will get a salary of $11 million annually from the Angels.
“When you look at his track record in the different stops he's made, there's been improvement in a lot of those places,” Angels general manager Perry Minasian said. “That being said, he went to Tampa last year, he had a new toy to play with, changing speed with his slider, and he was one of the best — if not the best — relievers in baseball over his last 40 innings.”
Minasian confirmed the contract includes a conditional $2.5 million club option for 2027 that could be triggered if Stephenson is forced to spend 130 consecutive days on the injured list due to an elbow ligament injury during the first three seasons.
Suter can make $6.2 million with Reds
CINCINNATI — Brent Suter can earn $6.2 million over two seasons as part of his contract with the Cincinnati Reds, which guarantees $3 million to the 34-year-old left-hander.
Suter has a $2.5 million salary and the deal, announced Jan. 13, includes a $3.5 million team option for 2025 with a $500,000 buyout. He can earn $200,000 in performance bonuses this year for games pitched: $50,000 each for 50, 55, 60 and 65.
Suter, who lives in Cincinnati, was 4-3 with a 3.33 ERA for Colorado last year, striking out 55 strikeouts and walking 25 in 69 1/3 innings. Suter is 40-22 with a 3.49 ERA in 41 starts and 212 relief appearances for Milwaukee (2016-22) and the Rockies.
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ORIOLES: Baltimore is naming its Camden Yards press box after Jim Henneman, a longtime Baltimore baseball writer and official scorer. The team said a ceremony will be held at a date to be announced. The 88-year-old Henneman began his career at the Baltimore News-Post in 1958, was public relations director of the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets from 1968-73, then became the Orioles beat writer for the Baltimore News-American, formed by a merger of the News-Post and Sunday American.
PHILLIES: Philadelphia signed left-handed pitcher Kolby Allard to a one-year contract. The 26-year-old Allard pitched in just four games last season for the Atlanta Braves. He spent four seasons with the Texas Rangers. He is 9-24 with a 6.10 ERA and one save over parts of six major league seasons with Atlanta and Texas.
