Batting champ Arraez sent to Miami in trade
The Minnesota Twins traded reigning AL batting champion Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins on Friday for a three-player package featuring starting pitcher Pablo López.
Arraez, 25, had a breakout season for Minnesota last year, making his first All-Star team and batting a league-best .316 to deny Aaron Judge a Triple Crown.
Arraez is a multi-positional player who spent most of his time at first base for the Twins last year, starting 61 games there, 34 at designated hitter and 31 at second base. He has also played extensively at third base and left field.
The Twins also received two prospects from the Marlins: infielder Jose Salas and outfielder Byron Chourio. Salas was picked as Miami’s fifth-best prospect in the most recent MLB Pipeline rankings.
Arraez will give the Marlins three years of contract control. This is his first year of salary arbitration eligibility.
López, 26, had a 3.75 ERA in 32 starts last season, and threw a career-high 180 innings.
• Arizona pitcher Jose Valdez was suspended for 120 games under baseball’s minor-league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol.
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Sherrod, Miller lead Colorado past Cal
Quay Miller had 26 points, Jaylyn Sherrod scored 11 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter and No. 24 Colorado beat Cal 73-66 in Berkeley for its seventh straight victory.
Evelien Lutje Schipholt scored 17 points for Cal (10-8, 1-6 Pac-12). Jayda Curry added 13 points and Ugonne Onyiah scored 10.
Aaronette Vonleh gave Colorado (15-3, 6-1) a seven-point lead in the third quarter but the Buffaloes went scoreless for the next four minutes as Cal tied it at 36all. Colorado was held to nine points on 4-for-11 shooting in the third quarter but made 9 of 11 shots in the fourth in scoring 30 points.
Sherrod’s 3-pointer with 2:58 left in the fourth gave Colorado a 67-57 lead. The Buffaloes didn’t make another field goal the rest of the way but went 8-for-8 from the free-throw line.
The Buffaloes continue their trip at No. 4 Stanford on Sunday. Golf: Rookie Davis Thompson made three more eagles for a total of five through 36 holes to tie the PGA Tour record for the most in a 72-hole tournament since 1983, and he still didn’t put any more distance between himself and Jon Rahm at La Quinta (Riverside County). Thompson was at 18-under-par 126, two strokes ahead of Rahm.
• Brooke Henderson built a four-shot lead after two rounds in the LPGA’s event in Orlando, Fla., behind a 6-under 66 at Lake Nona.
• Guido Migliozzi and Francesco Molinari are tied atop the leaderboard at 10-under at the European tour’s Abu Dhabi Championship after two rounds. NHL: Tristan Jarry made 46 saves in his return from a lower-body injury to lead host Pittsburgh past Ottawa 4-1. Jake Guentzel scored twice for the Penguins to reach 20 goals for the sixth straight season.
Soccer: Brian McBride is out as general manager of the U.S. men’s national team, U.S. Soccer Federation sporting director Earnie Stewart told the governing body’s board of directors. Stewart informed the board during his presentation near the end of the board’s executive session on Thursday, a person familiar with the discussion told the Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the decision, first reported by ESPN, was not announced. McBride had held the job for three years.