THE HOT CORNER

The Arizona Diamondbacks finalized a $22 million, three-year contract with OF David Peralta that runs through 2022. The 2019 Gold Glove Award winner in left field avoided his final year of salary arbitration by agreeing to the deal.

Nationals prospect Fausto Segura died at age 23, the team said. ESPN Deportes reported that the pitcher died in a traffic accident Sunday night in his hometown of Barahona, Dominican Republic.

The Detroit Lions hired ex-Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs coach Cory Undlin to replace Paul Pasqualoni as defensive coordinator. The Lions announced earlier this month Pasqualoni was leaving the team to be closer to his family in Connecticut.

A felony cocaine possession charge against New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung will be dropped with the understanding that he will undergo periodic drug testing for two years and perform 40 hours of community service, a prosecutor said. A grand jury in New Hampshire indicted Chung in August. Belknap County Attorney Andrew Livernois had said members of the Meredith, New Hampshire police department were called to Chung’s home in June and obtained evidence leading to the charge. Chung pleaded not guilty.

A corruption trial involving the former president of track and field’s governing body was suspended Monday shortly after it began. Lamine Diack, former head of the IAAF, is charged with corruption and doping cover-ups. At the opening of the hearing, the prosecution asked that the two-week trial be delayed to weigh new evidence and clear up a procedural technicality. There will next be a hearing in April to see whether a new trial date in June is feasible.