Source: Twins, Donaldson agree to $92 million, four-year deal

MINNEAPOLIS >> The Minnesota Twins and 2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson have agreed to a $92 million, four-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the deal had not been announced. The contract includes a club option for a fifth season that would bring the total value to $100 million.

The 34-year-old third baseman returned after an injury-spoiled 2018 split between Toronto and Cleveland to bat .259 with 37 homers, 94 RBIs and a .900 OPS for Atlanta last year. He earned $23 million on a oneyear deal with the Braves, his lone season in the NL in a decade-long major league career.

Donaldson, a three-time All-Star who broke in with Oakland as a catcher in 2010, averaged 37 home runs and 100 RBIs over his three full seasons with the Blue Jays from 2015-17. They traded him to the Indians

for a minor league player in a rental deal at the deadline on Aug. 31, 2018.

Twins finalize three-year, $30 million contract with slugger Sanó

MINNEAPOLIS >> Miguel Sanó’s tenure with the Twins has flashed all the potential they envisioned when they started scouting him as a 13-year-old in the Dominican Republic.

Sanó’s progress, highlighted by those prodigious home runs, have also been offset by hefty strikeout totals, injuries that have kept him from playing more than 116 games in any of his five major league seasons, and the weight accompanying his big frame that has taken constant work to keep under control.

With Sanó and the Twins facing the prospect of arbitration, the two sides agreed to a $30 million, three-year contract last week that was finalized on Tuesday.

Sanó bounced back from a rough 2018 with a career-high 34 homers in just 105 games last year.