The Cubs have signed outfielder Jon Jay to a one-year, $8 million contract, the team announced Tuesday.

The 31-year-old is a career .287 hitter with a .352 on-base percentage. He has played most of his career with the Cardinals but spent 2016 with the Padres, hitting .291 in 347 at-bats.

Yoenis Cespedes has agreed to re-sign with the New York Mets on a four-year, $110 million deal.

The annual average will be the seventh highest in MLB history.

Miguel Cabrera is the only position player with a high annual average that Cespedes' $27.5 million.

Cespedes will also receive a full no-trade clause in the deal.

The Atlanta Braves have agreed to a two-year, $11 million deal with Sean Rodriguez, according to a source.

Rodriguez, 31, averaged a .260 average with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs in the last two seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Former Dodgers utility man Alex Guerrero has signed a deal with the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization to play in Japan next season.

Guerrero, who turned 30 this week, last saw action with Los Angeles during the 2015 season, when he hit .233/.261/.434 and knocked 11 home runs over 219 at-bats. 

The Minnesota Twins have agreed to a three-year, $24.5 million deal with Jason Castro.

Castro, 29, has spent his entire Major League career with the Houston Astros.

With a thin market at catcher, Castro drew interest from several clubs.

The Royals signed veteran catcher Drew Butera to a $3.8 million, two-year contract Friday, keeping him as the primary backup to four-time All-Star Salvador Perez.

Butera will make $1.5 million this season and $2.3 million next season.

The 33-year-old Butera appeared in 56 games last season, setting career-bests with a .285 average, four homers and a .480 slugging percentage.

The Houston Astros have agreed to a two-year deal with Charlie Morton.

Morton made just four starts last season before suffering a torn left hamstring that ended his year.

He will receive $14 million guaranteed, and he can also earn an additional $2.5 million each season in incentives based on starts, according to a source.

The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a seven-year, $22 million deal with Cuban defector Lourdes Gurriel, Jr., according to reports.

Gurriel, 23, defected along with his older brother, Yulieski Gurriel, during the Caribbean Series in the Dominican Republic in February.

Yulieski Gurriel signed a five-year, $48 million deal with the Houston Astros in July.

The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to sign Kendrys Morales to a three-year, $33 million contract, according to multiple reports.

Morales, 33, declined a mutual option with the Kansas City Royals to hit the open market.

He hit .263 with 30 home runs and 93 RBIs as Kansas City's designated hitter this season.

The Atlanta Braves have signed Bartolo Colon to a one-year contract.

Colon, 43, will make $12.5 million next season, according to sources.

The right-hander has a career 232-162 record over 19 Major League seasons. Colon went 15-8 with a 3.43 ERA with the New York Mets this past season.