Peralta will join Royals
Right-hander Wily Peralta and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a one-year contract worth $1,525,000, a deal that includes a club option for 2019.
The 28-year-old gets a $1.5 million salary next year and the chance to earn $1.25 million annually in performance bonuses. The option is for $3 million with a $25,000 buyout. If the Royals decline the option, he would be eligible for salary arbitration.
Peralta went 5-4 with a 7.85 ERA in 19 appearances for Milwaukee this year and was designated for assignment in July. He is 47-52 with a 4.88 ERA over his six-year big-league career, all with the Brewers. His best season was 2014, when he went 17-11 with a 3.53 ERA as a starter.
NBA
Stephen Curry will miss a minimum of two weeks after an MRI exam on his injured right ankle Tuesday revealed a sprain.
The Golden State Warriors said their leading scorer and two-time league MVP will be re-evaluated in two weeks. That means Curry is out for Wednesday night’s game in his hometown of Charlotte, where the MRI took place.
Curry stepped on E’Twaun Moore’s foot and landed awkwardly on the ankle while going for a late steal in a 125-115 comeback win Monday night at New Orleans. He left the arena using crutches and wearing a walking boot. He scored 31 points before the injury.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The father of UCLA guard LiAngelo Ball said he’s withdrawing his son from school so he can prepare to play in the NBA. LaVar Ball said his “grand plan” is for all three sons to play for the Los Angeles Lakers.
LiAngelo told “Access Hollywood” in an interview aired Tuesday on the “Today” show that his UCLA suspension is “just a long time of doing nothing. I’d rather be playing.”
LiAngelo Ball, along with fellow freshmen Jalen Hill and Cody Riley, are currently serving indefinite suspensions for their participation in a shoplifting incident during the Bruins’ trip to China last month. They have been barred from all team activities.
LaVar Ball said his son has already apologized and he questions “the long process” used by UCLA.
HOCKEY
Reto Berra finished with 32 saves to lead the San Diego Gulls to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Trevor Smith and Bobby Butler tallied for the Admirals.
BOXING
Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, four-division world champion Erik Morales, and light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright have been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
German promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl and broadcasters Steve Albert and Jim Gray also were elected as non-participants and observers. Elected posthumously were Sid Terris in the old-timer category, and ring announcer Johnny Addie and promoter Lorraine Chargin in the non-participant category.
BASEBALL
Right-hander Miles Mikolas is returning from Japan, agreeing to a $15.5 million, two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Mikolas, 29, spent the last three seasons with the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants, going 31-13 with a 2.18 ERA in 62 starts.