Betts says he expects to become free agent

Don't expect AL MVP

Mookie Betts to agree to a long-term contract with the Boston Red Sox before he can become a free agent in late 2020.

Despite Mike Trout's pending $432 million, 12-year agreement with the Los Angeles Angels,

Nolan Arenado's $260 million, eight-year deal with the Colorado Rockies and Alex Bregman's pending $100 million, six-year contract with the Houston Astros, Betts is content to remain on track for testing the market.

“That's exactly what I expect,” he said Wednesday, the day after Trout's deal became widely known. “Didn't expect anything to happen until I'm a free agent. So, it's just one of those things where you just got to go out and play.”

Dillashaw gives up UFC 135-pound title because of drug test

TJ Dillashaw has surrendered the UFC 135-pound championship because of an “adverse finding” in his last drug test.

Dillashaw posted on social media that he would give up the belt after he was informed by the New York State Athletic Commission and the United States Anti-Doping Agency of the results of his test leading up to his last fight in January. Dillashaw suffered first-round loss to Henry Cejudo and failed to become a two-division champion.

A spokesman with the New York commission said Wednesday that Dillashaw was fined $10,000 and suspended for one year for drug use, but declined to give further details.

Elsewhere ...

• Bryce Harper finally got his first spring training hit with the Philadelphia Phillies after a 0-for-9 start.

The slugger lined a 97-mph fastball to center on a 2-1 pitch from Detroit Tigers righthander Spencer Turnbull in the fourth inning of Wednesday's game in Clearwater, Florida. He jokingly gestured toward the dugout that he wanted to keep the ball. The Tigers won 3-1.

• The Cincinnati Reds' first African-American

player has died at the age of 94.

The team says Charles

“Chuck” Harmon died Tuesday, nearly 65 years after he made his debut against the Braves in Milwaukee on April 17, 1954. It did not provide details.

• Former Broncos backup quarterback

Chad Kelly has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor second-degree criminal trespassing for entering a couple's suburban Denver home uninvited.

After Kelly entered the plea Wednesday in Arapahoe County District Court, he was sentenced to one year of supervised probation and 50 hours of community service.