Reddick undergoes left shoulder surgery
Astros outfielder Josh Reddick underwent arthroscopic left shoulder surgery on Friday.
The procedure addressed the AC joint in Reddick’s non-throwing shoulder. According to an announcement from the team, Reddick is expected to make a full recovery by the time spring training starts in February.
As the Astros assess their outfield surplus this offseason, Reddick is among their most obvious trade candidates. He’s failed to post higher than a .730 OPS in either of the last two seasons. This September, his playing time was slashed by Kyle Tucker, who offered a strong showing and invited wonder whether it is time to hand him a permanent major league position.
Last year, only three qualified American League outfielders had a lower OPS than Reddick, who will enter the final season of a four-year, $52 million free-agent contract he signed three winters ago. In other news:
• The Cubs acquired righthander Jharel Cotton from the Athletics for cash consideration.
Cotton, 27, posted a
3.24 ERA in his final six outings for Class AAA Las
Vegas in 2019 and finished 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA in 14 appearances. Cotton was 11-10 with a 4.95 ERA in 29 starts in 2016-17 with the A’s. He was dealt from the Dodgers in a five-player deadline deal in 2016 that sent Rich Hill and Josh Reddick to the Dodgers.
GOLF Todd leads at RSM Classic
Brendon Todd felt like he couldn’t miss and he rarely did. With six birdies on the front side of the Seaside Course, he shot an 8-under 62 to tie the 54hole tournament record and build a two-shot lead in the RSM Classic at Sea Island, Ga.
Not since Dustin Johnson in 2017 has anyone won three straight starts on the PGA Tour.
Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has anyone won three straight tournaments on the PGA Tour schedule.
Todd has a chance to join both on Sunday.
Todd was at 18-under 194, who shots ahead of Webb Simpson (63) and Sebastian Munoz (66), who already has won this season at the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Tyler Duncan, made 18 pars for a 70 and was four shots behind.
In other news:
• Sei Young Kim opened with three birdies in seven holes in the CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Fla.
When the third round ended at Tiburon Golf Club, Kim was at 4-under 68 for a one-shot lead over Nelly Korda with one round remaining to see who wins the $1.5 million.
• Jon Rahm moved into a strong position to win the Race to Dubai title after shooting 6-under 66 in the third round of the season-ending World Tour
Championship to tie the lead with Mike LorenzoVera.
They are 15 under par overall, two strokes ahead of Rory McIlroy (65) and four clear of fourth-place Tommy Fleetwood (70).
TENNIS Spain reaches Davis Cup final
Rafael Nadal won his singles and doubles in leading Spain to a 2-1 comeback win over Britain to put the hosts back in the Davis Cup final at Madrid.
Nadal and Feliciano Lopez defeated Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) in the decisive doubles to secure Spain its first final since 2012.
Spain, a five-time champion, will play first-time finalist Canada in the climax of the revamped Davis Cup on Sunday.
“It was an exciting match, almost dramatic,” Nadal said. “We played at a high level. We knew the victory would come if we played with determination and hope.”
Canada reached its maiden final in 106 years of playing the Davis Cup after Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov beat Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in another decisive doubles.
MISCELLANEOUS Shiffrin wins record slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin set the all-time World Cup record for most slalom wins by any skier after earning her 41st career victory in the discipline at the season-opening race at Levi, Finland.
Shiffrin beat the 32year-old best mark from Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark, who won 40 slaloms between 1974 and 1987. Shiffrin amassed her total in just seven years, having won her first race in December 2012. …
The NCAA warned Oklahoma State that it may be guilty of a major infraction tied to the actions of former assistant basketball coach Lamont Evans.
The school released the NCAA’s notice that alleges Evans “engaged in unethical conduct” from April 2016 through September 2017 by accepting at least $18,150 in bribes from financial advisers Marty Blazer and Munish Sood. The NCAA said the money was paid in exchange for Evans’ agreement to arrange meetings between the advisers and players and influence them to retain their financial advisory and business management services.
The school said it agreed with the NCAA. Evans was sentenced in June to three months in prison for accepting bribes in the case.
The NCAA believes that because of Evans’ actions, the school could be guilty of a Level I violation that could include scholarship reductions and postseason bans.