Outfielder Ender Inciarte has avoided salary arbitration with the Atlanta Braves, agreeing to a $30,525,000, five-year contract through the 2021 season, the team announced Friday.
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The Detroit Tigers are bringing back catcher Alex Avila on a one-year contract worth $2 million.
Avila says he is excited for the opportunity to back up James McCann.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and free-agent pitcher Ivan Nova have agreed to a three-year, $26 million contract, according to ESPN and multiple reports.
The deal, which is pending a physical, was first reported by FanRag Sports.
The Los Angeles Angels have agreed with outfielder Ben Revere on a one-year deal worth $4 million, a source told ESPN's Buster Olney.
Free agent right-hander Jhoulys Chacin has agreed to a one-year Major League deal with the Padres pending a physical, a team source told MLB.com on Saturday.
The club has not confirmed the deal, which was first reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Chacin started the 2016 season with the Braves before being traded to the Angels in May. In 34 appearances between the two teams, 22 of them starts, Chacin went 6-8 with a 4.81 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 144 innings.
The White Sox have avoided salary arbitration with Jose Abreu, agreeing to terms on a one-year, $10.825 million deal with the first baseman.
Abreu became eligible for arbitration earlier this offseason after opting out of the final three years of his six-year, $68 million deal, which he signed before the 2014 season.
The Marlins have added to their bullpen again, agreeing to a two-year, $16 million deal with right-hander Brad Ziegler, a source told ESPN's Jim Bowden, confirming a story first reported by Fox Sports.
The moves come on the same day the Marlins officially signed another ex-Red Sox reliever, Junichi Tazawa.
The Colorado Rockies have agreed to a three-year deal with Mike Dunn.
The deal is worth more than $19 million, according to a source.
Dunn was 6-1 with a 3.40 ERA in 42⅓ innings for the Miami Marlins last season.
The Philadelphia Phillies have signed Obudel Herrera to a five-year contract extension that will guarantee the center fielder $30.5 million, according to a source.
The contract also includes club options for the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
Herrera would not have been eligible for arbitration for another year.
The Miami Marlins have agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with Junichi Tazawa, according to multiple reports.
Tazawa will earn $5 million in 2017 and $7 million in 2018.
He entered free agency for the first time after making $3.375 million in arbitration this year.