MLB notebook: Granderson agrees to minor-league deal with the Marlins

Curtis Granderson is a three-time AL all-star and 15-year major-league veteran.

MIAMI— Outfielder Curtis Granderson has agreed to a minorleague contract with the Miami Marlins and will report to bigleague spring training camp.

If added to the 40-man roster, he would get a one-year contract that pays $1.75 million (U.S.) while in the majors and have the chance to earn $250,000 in performance bonuses for plate appearances.

The 37-year-old is a three-time AL all-star and 15-year majorleague veteran. He batted .242 last year in 123 games with the Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers, and he reached the post- season for the eighth time.

Granderson has a career average of .252 with 332 home runs and 903 RBIs. Among active players he ranks third in triples, sixth in home runs and seventh in games and runs scored.

He could see considerable playing time with the Marlins, who will begin spring training with all three outfielder jobs unclaimed.

PLAYERS TAKE TWO: Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa and Tampa Bay outfielder Tommy Pham have won their salary arbitration cases Tuesday, giving the players a 3-1 lead over teams in cases this winter.

Correa was awarded a $5million salary, rather than the $4.25 million offered by the Astros. Arbitrators Elizabeth Neumeier, James Oldham and Gary Kendellen made the decision.

Correa made $1 million last year when he hit .239 with 15 homers and 65 RBIs while being slowed by a bad back. He batted .315 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs in 2017, helping the Astros to their first World Series title.

Pham will get $4.1 million instead of the $3.5 million offered by the Rays. Arbitrators Margaret Brogan, Andrew Strongin and Gil Vernon ruled in Pham’s favour.

Pham hit .275 with 21 homers and 63 RBIs last year for St. Louis and Tampa Bay, which acquired him on July 31. He batted .343 with seven homers and 22 RBIs in 39 games for the Rays. He set career bests in 2017, when he hit .306 with 23 homers and 73 RBIs.

Eight players remain sched- uled for hearings through Feb. 15.

NO TIMETABLE: Didi Gregiorius isn’t willing to estimate when he will return to the field for the New York Yankees.

The shortstop is recovering from surgery last October to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right elbow. Gregorius, who turns 29 on Feb. 18, says “I have no clue yet” and adds “hopefully next week I start doing some throwing exercises.”

New York added DJ LeMahieu and Troy Tulowitzki to shore up its infield during Gregorius’s absence.