Bryce Harper has agreed to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies, according to a report.

The contract is for 13 years and $330 million and includes no opt-outs.

There is a chance Julio Urias will begin the season in the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting rotation.

“It’s unfair to put limits on him as far as the potential to open the season," Dave Roberts said. "Right now, he’s doing everything he possibly can. The door’s open for him. The opportunity will present itself if it’s supposed to. We’ve said from the start of spring, we’re seven or eight starting pitchers deep. Fortunately, we don’t have to make that decision right now.”

Urias threw a 1-2-3 inning against the Oakland Athletics in Wednesday's exhibition game.

He threw just 22 innings, including the playoffs, last season.

Bryce Harper is the favorite to win the National League MVP despite remaining on the free agent market.

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened MVP odds Wednesday, with Harper the betting favorite at 6-1 odds. Nolan Arenado (7-1), Paul Goldschmidt (10-1) and Kris Bryant (12-1) have the next-best odds.

"We think Harper's favorite destination is Philadelphia," Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook director John Murray said. "That's a Little League park. You can imagine how many home runs he'd hit there as his home park. If he ends up going to the Dodgers, you could see the odds tweaked a bit since that's such a pitchers' park.

"He's an elite player and is going to be one of the favorites for MVP for a while."

It's been seven months since the Baltimore Orioles traded Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the shortstop hasn't forgotten.

Machado agreed to a $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres as a free agent last week.

"The Dodgers last year, they showed me some love," he says. "The Orioles drafted me. I did a lot for that community, I did a lot for the state, and they didn't show me a little bit of love. It is what it is. But going over to L.A., L.A. giving up a lot of prospects for me, that kind of shows you what I meant to them, which is amazing."

The Orioles drafted Machado with the third overall pick in 2010.

The San Francisco Giants have had a second meeting with free-agent Bryce Harper.

Harper and agent Scott Boras met with Giants CEO Larry Baer and president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi.

In the talks, the possibility of a 10-year contract was discussed.

Harper, 26, is looking for a deal in excess of the 10-year, $300 million contract the Washington Nationals reportedly offered him at the end of the regular season.

The Toronto Blue Jays will likely keep Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the minor leagues to begin the 2019 season in order to extend their team control for as long as possible under the MLB's service time rules.

“There’s so many opportunities for him defensively, and what he can do to really maximize the power and the size and the strengths that he has," said Ross Atkins. "And everyone then points to defense but it’s really not just about defense, it’s about him having a 15, 20-year career and starting with an incredible foundation. And that’s everything that encompasses teammate [?], that’s the physical aspect, the base-running, the defense. And that physical aspect really plays into what type of offensive player he’s going to be. And I think he has the ability to be so versatile and dynamic, and we want to make sure we tap into all of that potential.”

Atkins also said of Guerrero, “I just don’t see him as a major-league player. He’s 19.”

Guerrero received an 80 prospect grade according to Baseball America, the highest grade possible on the scouting scale. The publication says Guerrero “might immediately rank among the top overall hitters in baseball.”

The Los Angeles Dodgers aren't worried about Clayton Kershaw's status for Opening Day.

"We have so much depth in our pitching," Dave Roberts said. "I haven't put any thought into Opening Day outside of Clayton."

Kershaw is taking a few days off from throwing because of a sore left shoulder.

"Right now, the main thought for us is see how he feels Thursday and then we can set out a schedule at that point," Roberts said. "Right now, we feel good about what we're doing as a staff, as an organization, and we'll go from there."

Carlos Martinez had a platelet rich plasma injection on Monday and won't throw for two weeks.

The St. Louis Cardinals are hoping the injection will stimulate healing in his weak pitching shoulder.

It's unlikely that he'll be in the starting rotation at the beginning of the season.

Martinez, 27, threw two bullpen sessions at the start of spring training but has missed the past week.

Major League Baseball is prepared to ditch the implementation of a pitch clock until at least 2022, according to sources.

The delay is part of a vast proposal to the MLB Players Association that would include the ability to implement a three-batter-minimum rule for pitchers and roster-size changes in 2020.

According to sources, MLB is also proposing limitations on position players' usage as pitchers, getting rid of the waiver trading period, further cutting mound visits and potentially shortening inning breaks.

The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a four-year contract extension with Mike Mikolas, according to multiple reports.

The deal is worth $68 million and will kick in 2020 and run through 2023.

The 30-year-old is entering the second year of a two-year, $15.5 million deal.