4:48 PM ET The Red Sox have agreed to a one-year deal with free agent infielder Jose Peraza, according to a report Thursday by Robert Murray. Peraza likely will fill a utility spot for a Boston team that isn’t expected to bring back free agent Brock Holt. The 25-year-old Peraza spent the past four seasons

11:32 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to discipline. Marijuana will be removed from the list of drugs of abuse and will be treated the same as alcohol as part of changes

2:23 AM ET I wrote Tuesday night that the Angels should take the pile of cash they’d set aside for Gerrit Cole and give it to Anthony Rendon instead. They did so Wednesday, and arguably got a better deal for their money, although it doesn’t solve their most glaring deficiency, starting pitching. Rendon does make

6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Blake Treinen and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $10 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday. Treinen had multiple offers in that range and chose the Dodgers. Treinen posted a 0.78 ERA in 2018, but that number ballooned to 4.91 in 2019.

10:06 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Though the Chicago Cubs front office indicated they would be attempting to complete extensions this offseason for several of its players with two years of club control remaining, that apparently doesn’t apply to popular first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo, 30, is beginning the first of two option years but

1:52 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Gerrit Cole was the top free-agent starter this winter, and was courted by multiple large-market contenders, but I don’t think anyone forecasted a record-setting, nine-year, $324 million deal, the longest deal and the highest average annual value (AAV) ever given to a pitcher. Cole is a clear No. 1

6:21 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Angels have traded veteran infielder Zack Cozart to the San Francisco Giants to shave nearly $13 million off their 2020 payroll, a savings they could use towards their pursuit of star free agents. The Giants are paying the entirety of Cozart’s upcoming $12.67 million salary to

12:15 AM ET The Major League Baseball amateur draft is being moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in the days immediately before the College World Series, sources confirmed to ESPN. The first day of the draft will now be June 10, with the CWS set to begin three days later. The idea behind the move is to

7:00 AM ET SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers could do everything and nothing. They could draw from their abundant prospect capital to pull off a major trade or take advantage of a more flexible payroll to sign a star free agent or sit out the winter entirely, reconvene in the spring and field

3:50 PM ET Well, the hot stove is officially lit. An eye-popping $245 million deal for ace Stephen Strasburg to return to the Nationals got the fun started on the first day of baseball’s winter meetings in San Diego. As the defending champions bring back their World Series MVP, we asked ESPN.com’s Bradford Doolittle, Sam