THE HOT CORNER

1 BASEBALL: Shortstop Trea Turner and the Nationals agreed to a $7.45 million, one-year contract Friday, as the World Series champions avoided arbitration by settling with all of their eligible players. Turner joined lefty reliever Roenis Elías, who got a $1,975,000 deal, and right-handed starter Joe Ross ($1.5 million) in agreeing to 2020 contracts on the day of the deadline for teams and players to exchange arbitration figures.

2 BASEBALL: Following a career year, Oakland shortstop Marcus Semien was rewarded with a $13 million, one-year contract that avoids arbitration and gives him a raise of $7.1 million. Semien played all 162 games for the first time in 2019 to help the A’s win 97 games for a second straight season and the AL’s top wild card. He finished third in MVP voting after putting up personal bests with 33 homers and 92 RBIs while hitting .285.

3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: West Virginia filled two assistant coaching vacancies with Gerad Parker being named offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, while Jeff Koonz will oversee special teams and inside linebackers. Coach Neal Brown announced the hirings Friday.

4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL: New Washington coach Jimmy Lake made his first major coaching hire, adding John Donovan as offensive coordinator. Donovan has five years experience as a college offensive coordinator — three at Vanderbilt and two at Penn State — but spent the past four seasons working for the NFL’s Jaguars.

5 SOCCER: Former U.S. forward Brian McBride has been hired to succeed Earnie Stewart as general manager of the men’s national team. McBride, 47, had 30 goals in 95 appearances for the U.S. from 1993-2006.