Kenley Jansen can go back to using “California Love” as his walk-out music. Jansen has agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with the Angels on Tuesday as spring training commences this week across the sport, as first reported by The Post’s Jon Heyman. The 37-year-old is returning to Southern California after spending two years … Read more
The Mets are running it back with one of their biggest homegrown stars. Pete Alonso has agreed to a two-year, $54 million to remain with the Mets, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. It includes a $10 million signing bonus. The reunion gives Mets fans an extra present after the team signed superstar slugger Juan Soto … Read more
Pete Alonso’s long free agency has taken him almost to February without a new deal and it certainly seems like rejecting the seven-year, $158 million extension the Mets offered the first baseman in 2023, as first reported by The Post’s Joel Sherman, was a costly mistake. But all is not necessarily lost for Alonso, who … Read more
For the third time in five years, the Yankees made a shortstop their top international signing. The club inked 16-year-old Manny Cedeño to a $2.5 million deal on Friday, a source confirmed, adding one of the top prospects in this year’s international class to their farm system. Cedeño, a native of the Dominican Republic, was … Read more
Sean Manaea is staying in Queens. He is signing a three-year deal worth $75 million to return to the Mets, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported early Monday morning. Manaea, 32, enjoyed a career year this past season in his first campaign with the Mets, recording a 12-6 record and 3.47 ERA in the regular season … Read more
The Mets added a utility depth piece Monday, when they announced the signing of Jared Young to a major league deal. The 29-year-old Young has played just 22 games in the majors — all with the Cubs and split between 2022 and ’23 — and split his time in Chicago between first base and the … Read more
Two days before the Winter Meetings officially begin, the annual baseball wheeling-and-dealing exhibition grew more interesting. Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is expected to be posted during the Meetings this week, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed Saturday, which will open a 45-day window in which clubs try to recruit him to their side. The interested teams, … Read more
Francisco Lindor was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday night as the Mets are preparing to meet with superstar free agent Juan Soto and his agent Scott Boras in Southern California. But was the National League MVP finalist there to join owner Steve Cohen for his sales pitch? While Lindor did not … Read more
What was expected is nonetheless eye-opening: Gerrit Cole has opted out of his contract and placed the ball in the Yankees’ court. Cole made the decision Saturday, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed, to pull out of a deal that had four years and $144 million remaining. The Yankees can prevent their ace from hitting the … Read more
The Mets failed, but not through a lack of effort. They tried, through their actions and their money, to lure Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Queens. Team owner Steve Cohen and president of baseball operations David Stearns flew to Japan before the winter meetings for an in-person sit-down with the pitcher and his family, getting a head … Read more
