Source: Reliever Treinen, Dodgers reach 1-year deal
Reliever Blake Treinen reached agreement on a $10 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers just more than a week after Oakland declined to offer him a contract.
A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations confirmed Treinen’s deal, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because it hadn’t been formally announced by the seven-time reigning NL West champions.
The right-handed Treinen, a 2018 All-Star, posted a 0.78 ERA in ‘18 but raised it to 4.91 this year. He was replaced by Liam Hendriks in the closer role as the low-budget A’s earned the AL’s top wild card before losing in the wild card game for a second straight year.
Treinen earned himself a nice payday given he was expected to command roughly $7.5 million in arbitration.
STUDY: INCONSISTENT SEAMS, PLAYER BEHAVIOR BEHIND HR UPTICK >> Baseballs used during the 2019 regular season had less drag on average, contributing to a power surge that resulted in a record number of home runs, according to a study commissioned by Major League Baseball and released by the league.
The report produced by a committee of science professors said inconsistencies in the seams of the baseballs, as well as “changes in player behavior,” were chief culprits for the spike in home runs.
Former A’s closer Blake Treinen pitches during the MLB All-Star Game in July 2018. Treinen on Wednesday agreed to a deal with the Dodgers.
Batters connected 6,776 times in the regular season, smashing the record of 6,105 set in 2017.
The committee says it did not find evidence that MLB intentionally altered the baseballs and believes the inconsistencies were due to “manufacturing variability.” The balls are hand sewn by workers at Rawlings’ factory in Costa Rica.
College athletics
NCAA: ‘HIGHLY PROBABLE' CONGRESS PASSES ATHLETE COMP RULES >> NCAA President Mark Emmert said it is “highly probable” federal legislation will be passed that sets national guidelines for how college athletes can be compensated for the use of their names, images and likenesses.
Emmert, who spoke a forum sponsored by the Sports Business Journal, said he is spending most of his time trying to figure out how the NCAA and its hundreds of member schools will allow college
athletes to get that kind of compensation under the auspices of amateur athletics.
He said he is also spending a lot of time in Washington, meeting with lawmakers, often with university presidents and other representatives from individual schools.
Last week, Sen. Chris Murphy and Sen. Mitt Romney announced the formation of a bipartisan congressional working group that will examine compensating college athletes.
Tennis
NO. 1 BARTY CHOSEN WTA PLAYER OF YEAR >> Add another accolade to Ash Barty’s breakthrough 2019: WTA Player of the Year.
The Australian was announced as the winner of the top year-end award for the women’s professional tennis tour, following her finish at No. 1 in the singles ranking and her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.
San Francisco11 Seattle 10 Rams 8 Arizona 3
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Dallas Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants
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Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit
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Thursday's games
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m.
Sunday's games
Denver at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Miami at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Chicago at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Jacksonville at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. Rams at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5:20 p.m.
Monday's games
Indianapolis at New Orleans, 5:15 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 21
Houston at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Buffalo at New England, 1:30 p.m. Rams at San Francisco, 5:15 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 22
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 10 a.m.
New Orleans at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Carolina at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Oakland at Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 1:25 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago, 5:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 23
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Green Bay at Minnesota, 5:15 p.m. 229 321 262 374 267 301 310 362 296 381 360 343 270 249 232 335
L.A. Lakers L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento Warriors
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Dallas Houston
San Antonio Memphis New Orleans
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Utah Oklahoma City Minnesota Portland
Boston Philadelphia Toronto Brooklyn New York
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Miami Orlando Charlotte Washington Atlanta
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Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland
Tuesday's games
Charlotte 114, Washington 107 Miami 135, Atlanta 121, OT Philadelphia 97, Denver 92 Portland 115, New York 87
Wednesday's games
Boston at Indiana, n.
Houston at Cleveland, n.
L.A. Clippers at Toronto, n.
L.A. Lakers at Orlando, n. Charlotte at Brooklyn, n.
Atlanta at Chicago, n.
Utah at Minnesota, n.
Memphis at Phoenix, n.
New Orleans at Milwaukee, n. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, n. New York at Warriors, n.
Thursday's games
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4 18 11 10 7 6 3 7 12 13 20 7 8 14 16 18 8 11 12 13 15 5 7 7 10 20
6 12 16 16 18 .875 .720 .478 .435 .200 .696 .652 .391 .304 .250 .636 .542 .478 .435 .400 .773 .720 .696 .565 .167 .750 .478 .385 .304 .250
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— 2 31⁄2 41⁄2 51⁄2
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Philadelphia at Boston, 5 p.m. Cleveland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Dallas vs. Detroit at Mexico City, 6 p.m. Portland at Denver, 7:30 p.m.
Boston Buffalo Florida Montreal Toronto Tampa Bay Ottawa Detroit
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Washington N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia Carolina Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Columbus New Jersey 31 32 30 31 32 29 31 32
GP W
32 29 30 31 31 30 30 30
Tuesday's games
L OT Pts
Tampa Bay 2, Florida 1 Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 1 Buffalo 5, St. Louis 2 Nashville 3, Sharks 1 Winnipeg 5, Detroit 1 Anaheim 3, Minnesota 2, SO Dallas 2, New Jersey 0 Calgary 5, Arizona 2
Carolina 6, Edmonton 3 Toronto 4, Vancouver 1 Vegas 5, Chicago 1
Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
Wednesday's games
Boston at Washington, n. Ottawa at Montreal, n. Philadelphia at Colorado, n.
Thursday's games
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7 22 20 17 19 17 15 12
9 5 11 10 11 13 11 17 22 5 7 8 11 10 12 14 16 6 6 5 6 4 3 1 3 5 2 5 1 4 3 4 5 46 107 78 36 101 97 35 106 101 34 101 103 34 104 104 33 105 93 27 84 97 17 67 129 49 117 93 42 86 69 39 96 85 39 103 85 38 104 85 33 94 94 28 76 93 23 74 111
Boston at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Nashville at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 4 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Vegas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Sharks, 7:30 p.m.
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