Reds add Miley on 2-year deal
Lefthander Wade Miley is in agreement with the Cincinnati Reds on a twoyear contract worth $15 million, a person familiar with the deal said on Monday.
The move ends Miley's Astros tenure after one season and takes another starting pitcher off the freeagent market. Houston has now lost two of its three pitchers who tossed more than 100 innings for the club last season. Between Miley and Gerrit Cole, 3792⁄3 innings have departed.
Signed to a one-year, $4.5 million contract last January, Miley was magnificent for six of his seven months as an Astro. He entered September as the team's unquestioned fourth starter — carrying a 3.06 ERA into the season's final month.
September sunk Miley. In five starts, he threw just 111⁄3 innings. Twice, he did not finish the first. . The continued ascension of rookie righty Jose Urquidy in the interim meant Miley's services were in short demand. He did not make the team's ALCS or World Series roster and finished 14-6 with a 3.98 ERA.
Mets put Porcello in strong rotation
Former American League Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and the New York Mets finalized a $10 million, oneyear contract on Monday.
A righthander who turns 31 on Dec. 27, Porcello joins a rotation that includes Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Marcus Stroman and Steven Matz.
Porcello was 14-12 with a 5.52 ERA in 32 starts last year, his fifth season with Boston. His best year for the Red Sox was 2016, when he went 22-4 and won the AL Cy Young. In other baeball news:
• The fire that sent smoke billowing Saturday from Globe Life Field will not delay the completion of the $1.2 billion future home of the Texas Rangers.
Manhattan Construction Co. said a limited area of metal decking will need to be replaced along with nearly 2,000 square feet of roof.
The first scheduled event at the Globe Life Field is a March 14 concert featuring Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson. An exhibition game between the Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals is scheduled for March 23, and the first regular-season game is March 31 against the Los
Angeles Angels.
The Arlington Fire Department said the twoalarm fire was near the fifth floor and was started by sparks from a welder landing on combustibles stored below. No one was injured.
• Lefthander Joely Rodriguez and the Rangers have finalized a $5.5 million, two-year contract, a deal that could be worth $8 million if a team option for 2022 is exercised.
The 28-year-old reliever spent the past two seasons with the Chunichi Dragons of Japan’s Central League.
• The Milwaukee Brewers and righthander Josh Lindblom finalized a three-year contract for $9,125,000, bringing the 32-year old back to the major leagues after a successful run in South Korea. Lindbloom, who has two stints in the majors with five different teams, was 35-7 with a 2.68 ERA in the last two seasons with the Doosan Bears.
Coyotes land former MVP Hall
The Arizona Coyotes are looking to end their lengthy playoff drought by adding a player desperate to get back to the postseason himself.
Arizona acquired standout winger Taylor Hall from the New Jersey Devils for three prospects and two draft picks. The Coyotes will try to end their seven-year playoff drought by adding the 2018 NHL MVP who has made the postseason just once in his first nine seasons.
Hall goes to the Coyotes along with Blake Speer in exchange for forward prospects Nick Merkley and Nate Schnarr, defensive prospect Kevin Bahl, a 2020 first-round pick and a conditional thirdround pick in 2021. The third-rounder becomes a second-rounder if the Coyotes win a playoff round or Hall re-signs and elevates to a first if both those things happen.
Hall, 28, has six goals and 19 assists in 30 games this season. He put up 93 points in 76 games during his MVP season.
In other news:
• David Perron completed his fifth career hat trick to lead St. Louis over visiting Colorado in a matchup of the top teams in the Western Conference. The Blues remained atop the Central Division with 48 points. The Avalanche stayed in second with 45.
• Noel Acciari scored his first career hat trick, and Florida snapped a three-game losing streak by routing Ottawa 6-1 at Sunrise, Fla.