Phillies get Arrieta for $75M

Jake Arrieta’s extended free-agent saga concluded Sunday when the 2015 Cy Young Award winner reached agreement on a three-year, $75 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies.

A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that Arrieta and the Phillies reached agreement on the contract.

Arrieta, the 2015 Cy Young Award winner, fell short of his hoped-for contract of six or seven years and more than $130 million. With Lance Lynn’s one-year, $12 million agreement with the Minnesota Twins, Arrieta and Alex Cobb were the final topto middle-rotation options available.

Arrieta, who turned 32 last week, had dreams of a six- or seven-year contract two years before free agency, but injuries and diminished results dogged him in his final season before hitting the market.

He finished with a 14-10 record and 3.53 ERA for the Cubs, but he gave up eight hits per nine innings and averaged less than six innings per start last season.

NFL

Casey Hayward got the raise he deserved after two standout seasons for the Chargers.

The Pro Bowl cornerback agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.

The Chargers and Hayward’s agent, David Mulugheta, confirmed the deal.

Hayward gets $20 million guaranteed after two Pro Bowl seasons for the Chargers, who signed him in San Diego as a free agent from Green Bay in 2016.

The six-year pro has played in every game since moving to the West Coast, getting 11 total interceptions.

Giants cut Rodgers-Cromartie: The New York Giants released veteran cornerback Dominique

Rodgers-Cromartie.

Rodgers-Cromartie and the team failed to rework his contract, which called for him to make $6.5 million in salary and a cap hit of $8.5 million.

The 2017 season was a difficult one for the 10year pro who didn’t have an interception and was suspended for one game by then-coach Ben McAdoo for leaving practice without permission. Rodgers-Cromartie, 32, played three seasons for Arizona, getting 13 interceptions, returning two for touchdowns.

He then went to Philadelphia for two years, Denver for one before spending the last four seasons with New York.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

San Diego scored six unanswered runs — four in the fifth inning — and defeated Wisconsin, 7-4, at the Wildcat Invitational in Tucson, Ariz..

UW’s Samantha Arents hit her third home run of the season. Kelsey Jenkins and Taylor Johnson both had a pair of hits for the Badgers (13-11).