Houston Chronicle

Jays announcer Zaun dismissed

- From staff and wire reports

Toronto Blue Jays television analyst Gregg Zaun was fired by Sportsnet for “inappropri­ate behavior and comments” toward female employees.

Rick Brace, president of Rogers Media, said in a statement that the company was terminatin­g Zaun’s contract immediatel­y.

Zaun, 46, was a catcher for 16 major league seasons, including with the Astros in 2002-03 and Toronto from 2004-2008. In other news: • The Los Angeles Angels acquired pitcher Jim Johnson and the Atlanta Braves’ remaining $1.21 million in internatio­nal bonus signing allocation for minor league lefthander Justin Kelly in a deal that raises L.A.’s possible bonus offer to Shohei Ohtani to $1.315 million. The Angels had been 28th among the 30 teams in bonus space for Ohtani. The trade lifted the Angels to seventh behind Texas ($3,535,000), the New York Yankees ($3.5 million), Minnesota ($3.07 million), Pittsburgh ($2,266,750), Seattle ($1,557,500) and Miami ($1.49 million).

• Righthande­r Yusmeiro Petit agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract with the Oakland Athletics in a deal that is pending a physical. Petit, 33, went 5-2 with a 2.76 ERA in 60 appearance­s with one start over 911⁄3 innings last season for the Los Angeles Angels.

• Righthande­r Brad Boxberger was acquired by Arizona from Tampa Bay for minor league righthande­r Curtis Taylor. Boxberger, 29, was an American League All-Star in 2015. He went 4-4 with a 3.38 ERA in 30 games this year while dealing with a right flexor strain.

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