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Good morning baseball fans. Happy Valentine’s Day! Also baseball is happening. Win-win.
Here’s a roundup of what’s going on around the American League Central.
- Rob Manfred has been doing a lot of thinking lately and we’re not totally sure what to make of all of it.
- Major League Baseball is considering automatically putting runners in scoring position in extra innings. Because that’s a great way to make people love baseball again.
- The Braves sign Nathan Eovaldi to a contract with a 2018 club option.
- Kansas City signs reliever Roy Maness to a minor-league deal.
- Travis Wood signs a 2-year, $12M deal with the Royals.
- Brandon Phillips has been traded to the Braves.
- The Pirates are still willing to trade McCutchen, in case anyone had forgotten that that was a thing.
- A new owner isn’t the answer to the Marlins myriad of problems. Sorry.
- Remember that White Sox / Nationals deal for David Robertson that was supposedly close to going down? Yeah, not so much anymore.
- The Dodgers have signed Chase Utley to a one-year deal.
- The Orioles signed Chris Johnson to a minor-league contract.
- Adam Lind inks a 1-year deal with the Nationals.
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Today in baseball: On February 14th, 2005, the Twins sign Johan Santana to a four-year deal.