The Milwaukee Brewers acquired right-handed relief pitcher Grant Anderson from the Texas Rangers on Thursday in exchange for minor league left-hander Mason Molina.

• The Rangers had designated Anderson, 27, for assignment on Tuesday to make room on the 40-man roster for free agent signee Joc Pederson.

  In 2024, Anderson pitched 26 2/3 innings over 23 relief appearances with Texas, posting an 0-1 record with one save, an 8.10 ERA, 29 strikeouts and 10 walks. Anderson also went 3-0 with one save and a 2.93 ERA over 26 games at Triple-A Round Rock while notching 34 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings.

  Anderson was 2-1 with 5.05 ERA in 26 relief appearances for Texas in 2023.

  Molina, 21, was selected by Milwaukee in the seventh round of the 2024 draft. The University of Arkansas alum has made two starts at Class-A Carolina, striking out six batters over five shutout innings.

  The Brewers cleared a spot on their 40-man roster for Anderson by designating left-handed reliever Tyler Jay for assignment. Jay, 30, appeared in a total of five major league games for the New York Mets and Milwaukee in 2024, recording no record while allowing five runs (four earned) in 7 2/3 innings.

  --Field Level Media

The Chicago White Sox signed versatile infielder/outfielder Josh Rojas to a one-year contract, MLB.com reported on Thursday.

• Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

  Rojas, 30, batted. 225 with eight homers and 31 RBIs in 143 games last season with the Seattle Mariners. The club, however, did not tender him a contract for 2025.

  He is a career .247 hitter with 34 homers and 189 RBIs in 570 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Mariners.

  --Field Level Media

The Chicago White Sox acquired left-hander Tyler Gilbert from the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

• In exchange, the Phillies received right-handed prospect Aaron Combs.

  Gilbert, 31, pitched in six games for the Phillies in 2024 after being acquired from the Cincinnati Reds on May 7 for cash considerations. He had no decisions and a 3.24 ERA in 8 1/3 innings of relief.

  Gilbert is 2-7 with a 4.23 ERA in 34 career appearances (13 starts) with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2021-23) and Philadelphia.

  Combs, 23, was drafted in the eighth round by the White Sox in 2024. He went 2-0 with no earned runs allowed in 7 2/3 innings for Class A Kannapolis last season.

  To make room on the 40-man roster, Chicago designated infielder Braden Shewmake for assignment.

  Shewmake, 27, is a career .125 hitter with one homer, four RBIs and five stolen bases in 31 games with the Atlanta Braves (2023) and White Sox (2024).

  --Field Level Media

Former infielder Lenny Randle, who played 12 major league seasons, died Sunday. He was 75.

• Randle died at his home in Murrieta, Calif., according to reports.

  Randle was once dubbed "The Most Interesting Man in Baseball" by Rolling Stone magazine, but his career was overshadowed by a punch he threw at Texas Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi on March 28, 1977.

  The switch-hitting Randle lost his second base job to Bump Wills during spring training and immediately requested a trade. Lucchesi told reporters he was tired of complaining by "$80,00-a-year-punks."

  Soon thereafter, Randle confronted Lucchesi near the third-base line before a game and punched him in the face three times, breaking the manager's cheekbone in three places.

  Randle was suspended for 30 days by the Rangers and soon charged with felony aggravated battery. He later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery. One year later, he settled a suit filed by Lucchesi.

  Before Randle's suspension concluded, he was traded to the New York Mets.

  Another controversial moment of Randle's career occurred when Cleveland right-hander Milt Wilcox threw a pitch behind his back during a game in 1974. Randle, batting left-handed, bunted the next pitch down the first-base line and as Wilcox was closing in on fielding the ball, Randle veered inward and deliberately smacked into Wilcox. Other Cleveland players tackled Randle and a benches-clearing brawl broke out.

  In a 1981 game against the Kansas City Royals, Randle got down on his hands and knees to blow a bunt foul by Amos Otis foul. Umpire Larry McCoy decided it was a violation of the rules and Otis was awarded first.

  Randle batted .257 with 27 homers, 322 RBIs and 156 steals with the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers (1971-76), Mets (1977-78), New York Yankees (1979), Chicago Cubs (1980) and Seattle Mariners (1981-82).

  --Field Level Media

Prized Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki is drawing interest from 20 major league teams and is expected to join one of them in mid-January, his agent, Joel Wolfe of Wasserman Group, told reporters on Monday.

• Wolfe said that Sasaki has had meetings with "a set few number of teams" and is currently at home in Japan thinking about his next steps. The 23-year-old will have to make his decision during the back half of January, as the international signing period opens on Jan. 15 and Sasaki's posting window closes eight days later on Jan. 23.

  When it comes to choosing his next home, Sasaki is looking for a team that will bring out the best in him, according to his agent.

  "He doesn't seem to look at it in the typical way that other players do," Wolfe said. "He has a more long-term, global view of things. I believe Roki is also very interested in the pitching development and how a team is going to help him get better, both in the near future and over the course of his career.

  "He didn't seem overly concerned about whether a team had Japanese players on their team or not, which, in the past, when I represented Japanese players, that was sometimes an issue. That was never a topic of discussion."

  Thanks to a fastball that frequently touches 100 mph and a splitter that often misses bats, Sasaki has shined while playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball since 2021.

  In 394 2/3 innings with the club, Sasaki had 29-15 record with a 2.10 ERA and 505 strikeouts against 88 walks.

  Sasaki had his 45-day posting window open on Dec. 15.

  --Field Level Media

The New York Yankees officially signed veteran first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to a one-year contract on Monday, nine days after multiple media outlets reported the sides reached an agreement.

• The team did not announce financial details of the deal, but multiple media outlets reported that the former National League MVP will make $12.5 million.

  Goldschmidt, 37, hit free agency following a down season that saw him bat a career-low .245 with 22 homers, his lowest total in a non-COVID season since 2014. His 65 RBIs were his fewest -- again excluding the shortened 2020 season -- since 2011, when he was a rookie.

  In 2022, Goldschmidt captured the NL MVP after leading the league in slugging percentage (.578) and on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.981) while hitting .317 with 35 homers and 115 RBIs in 151 games for the St. Louis Cardinals.

  In 1,928 career games with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2011-18) and St. Louis (2019-24), Goldschmidt has a .289 batting average, a .381 on-base percentage, a .510 slugging percentage, 362 home runs and 1,187 RBIs.

  He is a seven-time All-Star, a five-time Silver Slugger winner and a four-time Gold Glove winner.

  With the Yankees, he fills the first base slot previously held by current free agent Anthony Rizzo, whose 2024 season was limited to 92 games due to a broken arm sustained in June. Rizzo, 35, slashed .228/.301/.335 with eight homers and 35 RBIs in 2024.

  The Yankees reached the World Series in October, falling in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  --Field Level Media

The Washington Nationals are bringing back right-hander Trevor Williams on a two-year, $14 million deal, multiple outlets reported Monday.

• The agreement is pending a physical exam for the 32-year-old veteran, who has spent the past two seasons in the nation's capital.

  Williams spent more than three months on the injured list with a right flexor muscle strain during the 2024 season, finishing 6-1 with a 2.03 ERA in 66 2/3 innings over 13 starts.

  He is 50-55 with a 4.30 ERA in 202 games (161 starts) with the Pittsburgh Pirates (2016-20), Chicago Cubs (2021), New York Mets (2021-22) and Nationals.

  --Field Level Media

The world champion Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly are among the Major League Baseball teams to have met with Japanese star Roki Sasaki.

• News of the meeting between the former Chiba Lotte Marines right-hander -- posted to MLB teams by the club earlier this month at baseball's winter meetings -- was reported by The Orange County Register on Saturday.

  The Dodgers join a list of suitors to have met with Sasaki that is believed to include both New York teams, the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants. The San Diego Padres also are thought to be in pursuit of the 23-year-old Sasaki.

  The pitcher is expected to sign with a club soon after the opening of the 2025 international signing period on Jan. 15.

  Sasaki won't be in line for a huge payday with this first MLB contract. Foreign professionals under 25 and with fewer than six years' experience are limited in what they can earn, meaning Sasaki won't be in line to match the 12-year, $325 million contract Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers last December.

  Sasaki is viewed as having one of the top young arms in the world with a 100 mph fastball and deadly sinker.

  In 2024 with the Marines, he was 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA, 129 strikeouts and 32 walks in 111 innings. In four years, Sasaki has thrown 394 2/3 innings and has a 29-15 record with a 2.10 ERA, 505 strikeouts and 88 walks.

  At the winter meetings, Dodgers president Andrew Friedman didn't hide what team officials think of Sasaki.

  "He's incredibly talented. Really physical. Incredible carrying fastball. His split's a well-above-average major-league pitch. He's worked hard on a slider, and it's a really good pitch," Friedman said. "He has talked about his desire to be the best pitcher in the world, and we believe that he is capable of being the best pitcher in the world."

  Giants team president Buster Posey also gushed over Sasaki.

  "Obviously, like probably all the other 29 teams, it would be a dream for us to get this guy," Posey said earlier this month. "Just tremendous upside. Not too many arms in the world like his. He's a tremendous talent. He's 23 years old. It's fun to dream on. It's fun to think about him at Oracle Park and him pitching deep into a game late in the year, the place rocking. We'd be over the moon to add a guy like that."

  --Field Level Media

Right-hander Corbin Burnes, arguably the top remaining free agent on the market, agreed to a mega-deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to multiple media reports late Friday night.

• The contract reportedly is for six years and $210 million, but Burnes has the right to opt out after two seasons. It would be the largest contract in Diamondbacks history.

  Burnes lands with a team that already features one of the major leagues' deepest rotations with Zac Gallen, Eduardo Rodriguez, Merrill Kelly, Jordan Montgomery and Brandon Pfaadt.

  Burnes, 30, spent the 2024 season with the Baltimore Orioles, earning his fourth consecutive All-Star selection while going 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA in 32 starts. He tied for seventh in the American League in wins and came in fourth in ERA while striking out 181 in 194 1/3 innings.

  A fourth-round draft pick of the Brewers in 2016, Burnes broke into the majors in 2018 and spent six seasons in Milwaukee before he was traded to Baltimore before spring training this year. He won the 2021 National League Cy Young Award after going 11-5 with a league-leading 2.43 ERA and 234 strikeouts in 167 innings over 28 starts.

  Burnes logged more than 190 innings each of the past three seasons.

  In 199 career major league appearances (138 starts), Burnes is 60-36 with a 3.19 ERA. He has 1,051 strikeouts and 254 walks in 903 2/3 innings.

  The Diamondbacks missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker in 2024. They went 89-73, the same mark as the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets, who claimed the last two NL wild-card berths.

  --Field Level Media

Teoscar Hernandez is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers after a triumphant first season, as the All-Star outfielder and the World Series champions have agreed on a three-year, $66 million contract, according to multiple reports on Friday evening.

• Hernandez, 32, posted "I'm back" on his Instagram account, though the ballclub has not confirmed the reports.

  The deal includes a club option of $15 million for the 2028 season with a $6.5 million buyout, $23.5 million in deferred money and a $23 million signing bonus, ESPN reported.

  Hernandez had signed on Jan. 12 as a free agent with the Dodgers, reportedly declining multi-year offers for a one-year, $23.5 million contract, with $8.5 million deferred.

  The risk was rewarded as the native of the Dominican Republic was a key contributor to the Dodgers' regular-season run as well as through the playoffs.

  He batted .250 with three homers, 12 RBIs and 10 walks, and reached base safely in 15 of 16 postseason games.

  Hernandez batted .272 in the regular season with a career-high 33 home runs as well as 99 RBIs in 154 games. He sported a .339 on-base percentage and .501 slugging percentage.

  He was voted to his second All-Star Game, where he also won the Home Run Derby. He also collected his third Silver Slugger award.

  Hernandez is a career .263 hitter with 192 homers and 572 RBIs in 965 games for the Houston Astros (2016-17), Toronto Blue Jays (2017-22), Seattle Mariners (2023) and Dodgers.

  The Dodgers had earlier this month signed veteran Michael Conforto (one year, $17 million) to a roster of outfielders including Tommy Edman, Chris Taylor, James Outman and Andy Pages. Shortstop Mookie Betts is a former outfielder and MVP.

  --Field Level Media

Oakland Athletics president Dave Kaval will resign at the end of the calendar year, the team announced Friday.

• Kaval has served as president for eight years. Upon his resignation on Dec. 31, he will pursue new business opportunities in California, according to the A's.

  Athletics executive Sandy Dean will serve as interim president. Dean is a business partner of the family of owner John Fisher.

  Kaval oversaw the franchise's search for a new home. The team hopes to open a new ballpark in Las Vegas in 2028. The A's will play in Sacramento the next three seasons.

  "We are grateful for Dave's contributions and leadership over the past eight years," Fisher said in a statement. "He guided our organization through a period of significant transition, and we sincerely thank him for his unwavering commitment to the team."

  Dean said the team will likely use a search firm to help find a new president. Dean has worked for the A's since 2005.

  "We are going to start the search in the new year and the search will take as long as it takes," Dean said. "The most important thing for us will be to get the right candidate for the position."

  Kaval has been the public face of the franchise during the unsuccessful efforts to get a new ballpark in Oakland.

  At the same time, the caliber of the on-field play took a nosedive, as did attendance. Fans were vocal around their displeasure with the way the franchise handled things.

  Last season, the Athletics completed their 57th season in Oakland. The team went 69-93 after losing 112 games in 2023 and 102 in 2022.

  --Field Level Media

The Detroit Tigers signed former New York Yankees middle infielder Gleyber Torres to a one-year, $15 million deal on Friday.

• The contract includes a one-time assignment bonus of $500,000 for the two-time All-Star, who turned 28 earlier this month.

  Torres batted .257 with 15 homers and 63 RBIs in 154 games during the 2024 season, adding two homers and eight RBIs in 14 postseason games for the World Series runners-up.

  The Venezuela native is a career .265 hitter with 138 home runs and 441 RBIs in 888 regular-season games over seven seasons in New York. He finished third in the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2018 and made the All-Star team in 2018 and 2019.

  Defensively, Torres played exclusively at second base for the Yankees in each of the past two seasons. He has made 601 career starts at second base and 233 at shortstop.

  His arrival in Detroit means that Colt Keith will move from second base, where he started 125 games as a 2024 rookie, to first base, team president of baseball operations Scott Harris said, according to multiple reports.

  At the winter meetings in Dallas earlier this month, Harris said Keith was doing offseason work at first base.

  That leaves Spencer Torkelson without a defined role -- or a guaranteed spot on the Opening Day roster -- with the Tigers heading into spring training.

  The No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, Torkelson has struggled at the plate in his 361 career games over three seasons. He has a batting average of .221 and an on-base percentage of .300, with 49 homers, 159 RBIs and 375 strikeouts.

  In 92 games last season, Torkelson batted .219 with just 75 hits. He was sent to Triple-A Toledo and hit .239 with 11 home runs and 43 RBIs in 58 games.

  --Field Level Media

The Minnesota Twins acquired infielder Mickey Gasper from the Red Sox on Tuesday, sending left-hander Jovani Moran to Boston.

• Gasper, 29, made his major league debut in 2024 with the Red Sox, going hitless with four walks and one run in 18 at-bats over 13 games.

  The switch-hitter spent most of the 2024 season at Double-A Portland and Triple-A Worcester, hitting a combined .328 with 27 doubles, 12 home runs and 58 RBIs in 92 games. The Red Sox selected him from the New York Yankees in the 2023 Rule 5 Draft.

  A 27th-round pick of the Yankees in the 2018 draft, Gasper has played four positions in the minors -- first base, second base, third base and catcher -- along with serving as designated hitter. In 407 minor league games with the Yankees and Red Sox farm systems, he has hit .275 with 48 home runs and 207 RBIs.

  Moran, 27, underwent Tommy John surgery after the 2023 season and didn't pitch in 2024. In 79 relief appearances with the Twins from 2021-23, Minnesota's seventh-round pick in the 2015 draft is 2-3 with one save along with a 4.15 ERA, 52 walks, 112 strikeouts and a 1.33 WHIP in 91 innings.

  --Field Level Media

The three teams in the two biggest markets will pay more than 84 percent of the $311.31 million in luxury taxes assessed by Major League Baseball.

• Front Office Sports reported Tuesday that while nine teams owe a tax, it's the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers ($103 million) and the New York teams -- Mets ($97.1 million) and Yankees ($62.5 million) -- who are receiving the biggest tax bills for 2024.

  The amount of the tax exceeds the previous record of $237 million, set last season, and also sets a record for the number of teams owing a tax, per the report.

  Teams have until Jan. 21 to pay the bill.

  Also owing money, according to Front Office Sports, are the Philadelphia Phillies ($14.3 million), Atlanta Braves ($14 million), Texas Rangers ($10.8 million), Houston Astros ($6.5 million), San Francisco Giants ($2.4 million) and Chicago Cubs ($600,000).

  The Dodgers' standing atop the list is no surprise, given their spending spree ahead of the 2024 season. They signed Shohei Ohtani, who won National League MVP honors, to a $10-year, $700 million contract, and right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto for 12 years and $325 million.

  The Mets likely can expect a tax hike next year after signing free agent Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract earlier this month.

  The luxury tax, officially known as the competitive balance tax, is assessed to teams that have a payroll above a predetermined threshold. The tax rate goes up based on how many consecutive seasons a club goes over the threshold, which was $237 million in 2024.

  That amount will rise to $241 million next season.

  --Field Level Media

Veteran first baseman Carlos Santana, who began his major league career in Cleveland in 2010 and returned for a second stint in 2019, signed a one-year contract with the Guardians on Monday.

• A 15-year major league veteran, Santana previously spent 10 seasons with the organization (2010-17, 2019-20) and hit .251 with 273 doubles, 216 home runs and 710 RBIs in 1,334 games.

  During his time in Cleveland, Santana was an All-Star and Silver Slugger in 2019, when he achieved career highs in batting average (.281) and RBIs (93) along with a career-high-tying 34 home runs.

  The 38-year-old Dominican Republic native ranks in the top 10 in Cleveland franchise history in three offensive categories: walks (second, 881); home runs (sixth); and extra-base hits (eighth, 503).

  In 2024 with the Minnesota Twins, Santana became the oldest position player in MLB history win a Gold Glove Award for the first time. He also led the team with 23 home runs, 65 walks and 71 RBIs in 150 games.

  Along with Cleveland and Minnesota, the well-traveled vet has also played for the Philadelphia Phillies (2018), Kansas City Royals (2021-22), Seattle Mariners (2022), Pittsburgh Pirates (2023) and Milwaukee Brewers (2023). Altogether, he has hit .242 with 393 doubles, 324 home runs, 1,278 walks and 1,082 RBIs in 2,080 games.

  --Field Level Media

The Houston Astros found the slugging first baseman they desired, landing Christian Walker on a three-year contract, the team announced Monday.

• Multiple outlets reported the contract is worth $60 million.

  The former Arizona Diamondbacks standout not only hit 95 total home runs over the past three seasons, he also won three consecutive National League Gold Glove Awards.

  Walker, 33, had 26 home runs with 84 RBIs and an .803 OPS in 130 games last season. That came one year after he hit 33 home runs with a career-best 103 RBIs and an .830 OPS while helping the Diamondbacks to a World Series berth.

  Walker effectively replaces Jose Abreu, who signed a three-year, $58.5-million contract with the Astros before the 2023 season but was released this past June. Houston still owes Abreu $19.5 million in 2025.

  A fourth-round selection by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2012 draft, Walker has 147 home runs and 443 RBIs with a .793 OPS in 832 games over 10 major league seasons.

  Walker was extended a qualifying offer by the Diamondbacks following the 2024 season, which means the signing will cost the Astros a draft pick that Arizona can use at the end of the first round in 2025.

  --Field Level Media

Left-hander Patrick Sandoval and the Boston Red Sox reached agreement on a two-year deal, the team announced Monday.

• Terms were not disclosed by the team, but ESPN reported last week that the contract is for $18.25 million.

  Sandoval, 28, is coming off Tommy John surgery in June and could return for the second half of the 2025 season or be ready at the onset of the 2026 campaign.

  He was non-tendered by the Los Angeles Angels last month after posting a 2-8 record and 5.08 ERA in 16 starts in 2024.

  Sandoval compiled a 19-45 record with a 4.01 ERA in 107 career games (100 starts) with the Angels from 2019-24. His breakout season came in 2022, when he had a 2.91 ERA and struck out 151 batters in 148 2/3 innings.

  --Field Level Media

Designated hitter/outfielder Eloy Jimenez is signing a minor league deal with the Tampa Bay Rays, ESPN reported Monday.

• Jimenez, 28, broke into the big leagues in 2019 with the Chicago White Sox and finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting. In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Jimenez hit 14 home runs and drove in 41 runs while hitting .296.

  But three of his next four seasons were disrupted by injury, and on July 30, the woeful White Sox traded Jimenez to the Baltimore Orioles. Between the two clubs, Jimenez hit .238 with six homers and 23 RBIs -- all career lows -- in 2024.

  Jimemez is a career .269 hitter. He has 95 homers and 298 RBIs in 2,126 games.

  --Field Level Media

Former National League MVP Andrew McCutchen is returning to the Pittsburgh Pirates for his 17th major-league season.

• The team announced his signing Monday but didn't release contract terms. Multiple reports said McCutchen will earn $5 million.

  Now 38, McCutchen broke into the big leagues in 2009 with the Pirates and played in Pittsburgh through the 2017 season, winning the MVP in 2013 and earning five All-Star selections in that span.

  He later played for the San Francisco Giants (2018), New York Yankees (2018), Philadelphia Phillies (2019-21) and Milwaukee Brewers (2022) before returning to the Pirates.

  Last season, McCutchen hit .232 with 104 hits, 20 home runs and 50 RBIs in 120 games. He was the Pirates' designated hitter in all but seven of those games.

  He has played in 2,127 games -- most among active players -- and has a career average of .273 with 319 homers and 1,095 RBIs.

  --Field Level Media

The Boston Red Sox continued to build their pitching staff Monday, reportedly signing two-time All-Star right-hander Walker Buehler to a one-year contract.

• ESPN reported the deal is worth $21.05 million and includes the chance to earn $2.5 million in performance bonuses.

  Once the heir apparent to Clayton Kershaw as the ace of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Buehler saw his career sent off track by injury. He appeared in only 12 games in 2022 and missed the 2023 season as he recovered from his second Tommy John surgery. A hip injury limited him to 16 regular-season starts in 2024, finishing 1-6 with a 5.38 ERA.

  But in the postseason, he was a key contributor for the World Series champion Dodgers. He made four appearances (three starts), posting a 1-1 record with a 3.60 ERA over 15 innings. He struck out 13 and walked five.

  He also picked up one save, throwing on one day's rest in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series as the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees.

  Buehler, 30, has a 47-22 record and a 3.27 ERA in 131 career games (122 starts). He has 754 strikeouts in 713 2/3 innings since debuting with the Dodgers in 2017.

  He finished fourth in the National League Cy Young Award voting in 2021, when he finished 16-4 with a 2.47 ERA and led the majors in starts with 33.

  In Boston, Buehler will join a staff that recently added left-hander Garrett Crochet in a trade with the Chicago White Sox. Other potential starters include right-handers Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford, Lucas Giolito and Tanner Houck.

  Giolito is coming off Tommy John surgery.

  --Field Level Media

The New York Mets are re-signing left-hander Sean Manaea to a three-year, $75 million contract, multiple outlets reported Monday.

• Manaea, 32, posted 12 wins to match his career high along with a 3.47 ERA over 32 starts during his first season with the Mets in 2024. He struck out 184 batters in 181 2/3 innings.

  The deal is pending the result of a physical for Manaea, who opted out of the second year of the $28 million deal he signed last winter and rejected New York's $21.05 million qualifying offer.

  A first-round pick by the Kansas City Royals in 2013, Manaea is 77-62 with a 4.00 ERA in 228 games (198 starts) with the A's (2016-21), San Diego Padres (2022), San Francisco Giants (2023) and Mets.

  Manaea made four postseason starts for the Mets in 2024, going 2-1 with a 4.74 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 19 innings.

  --Field Level Media

Free-agent outfielder Joc Pederson and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a two-year deal, multiple outlets reported Monday.

• ESPN said the contract, pending a physical, is worth $37 million and includes a player opt-out after the first year.

  Texas will be the sixth team for Pederson, 32.

  He spent the 2024 season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, serving as their designated hitter, after signing a one-year, $12.5 million contract. He declined his $14 million mutual option.

  In Arizona, he hit .275 with 23 home runs and 64 RBIs over 132 games. He did most of his damage against right-handed pitchers, batting .281 with 22 home runs and 60 RBIs while hitting .219 in limited action against lefties.

  A two-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner, Pederson was an 11th-round draft pick out of high school in 2010 by the Dodgers. He played in Los Angeles for seven seasons (2014-20) before spending time with the Chicago Cubs (2021), Atlanta Braves (2021), San Francisco Giants (2022-23) and Diamondbacks.

  Pederson is a career .241 hitter with 887 hits, 209 home runs and 549 RBIs in 1,272 games.

  --Field Level Media

The Washington Nationals acquired first baseman Nathaniel Lowe on Sunday from the Texas Rangers in exchange for left-hander Robert Garcia.

• Lowe, 29, won a Gold Glove Award in 2023 and batted .265 last season with 16 home runs, 69 RBIs and a .762 OPS in 140 games. He is a career .272 hitter with 89 home runs, 329 RBIs and a .789 OPS in 686 games for the Tampa Bay Rays (2019-20) and Rangers.

  Lowe helped Texas to the 2023 World Series title by hitting three home runs in 17 postseason games.

  After earning $7.5 million last season, Lowe could be in line for a one-year deal worth an estimated $10.7 million in 2025 as an arbitration-eligible player. He will not be a free agent until 2027.

  Garcia, 28, went 3-6 with a 4.22 ERA in a career-best 72 relief appearances for the Nationals last season. In two major league seasons with the Miami Marlins and Rangers, Garcia is 5-8 with a 4.03 ERA in 97 relief appearances.

  --Field Level Media

The Philadelphia Phillies acquired left-handed starter Jesus Luzardo from the Miami Marlins on Sunday.

• The team also will receiver minor league catcher Paul McIntosh from the Marlins in exchange for shortstop Starlyn Caba and outfielder Emaarion Boyd.

  MLB Pipeline lists Caba as Philadelphia's No. 4 prospect and Boyd as No. 23.

  Luzardo, 27, has a 26-34 career record and a 4.29 ERA in 105 games (89 starts) with the Oakland Athletics (2019-21) and Marlins. in 2024, he was limited to 12 starts due to both left elbow tightness and a lumbar stress reaction that ended his season on June 22. He was 3-6 with a 5.00 ERA.

  Luzardo, appearing at a Marlins holiday community event, told MLB.com on Tuesday that he's feeling well.

  "(I've) been able to go through my normal offseason progression: throwing, running, starting to get off the mound," Luzardo said. "Feeling really good (with my) elbow, back, whole body, and just really gearing up for spring training and eyeing down that opening day to be 100 percent full-go, which for now, everything feels really good, and we are full-go."

  In 2023, he finished 10-10 with a 3.58 ERA in 32 regular-season starts. He struck out 208 batters in 178 2/3 innings.

  In Philadelphia, Luzardo could slot into a potentially dominant rotation that projects to include Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Cristopher Sanchez and Ranger Suarez.

  Caba, 19, has played 116 games in the low minor leagues for the Phillies and the switch hitter is batting .252 with two homers, 43 RBIs, 66 stolen bases, 95 walks and 65 strikeouts.

  Last season at High-A Jersey Shore, the 21-year-old Boyd hit .239 with three homers, 40 RBIs and 27 stolen bases. Some of his numbers fell from 2023, when he hit .262 and stole 56 bases at Single-A Clearwater.

  McIntosh, 27, has played in 308 career games in the minors. Last season, at Double-A Pensacola, McIntosh appeared in 117 games and hit .246 with 12 home runs and 55 RBIs.

  Luzardo is under club control for two more seasons. In January, he signed a one-year $5.5 million contract to avoid arbitration. He is arbitration-eligible again in 2025.

  --Field Level Media

Left-handed reliever Cam Booser, who enjoyed a strong rookie season as a 32-year-old this year, was acquired by the Chicago White Sox in a trade with the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.

• Boston obtained minor league right-hander Yhoiker Fajardo in the deal.

  Booser went 2-3 with one save and a 3.38 ERA in 43 relief appearances for the Red Sox in 2024. He struck out 43 and walked 16 in 42 2/3 innings.

  Booser arrived in the majors 13 years after making his minor league debut. He was out of the minors from 2018-20 and took work as a carpenter.

  Fajardo, 18, went 1-4 with a 3.91 ERA in 13 starts in rookie-level ball this year. He struck out 64 and walked eight in 50 2/3 innings.

  The White Sox designated outfielder Corey Julks for assignment to clear a spot for Booser on the 40-man roster.

  Julks, 28, hit .214 with a .275 on-base percentage, a .306 slugging percentage, three homers and 14 RBIs in 66 games for Chicago this year. In two major league seasons, including 2023 with the Houston Astros, Julks has a career .234/.289/.335 batting line with nine homers and 47 RBIs in 159 games.

  --Field Level Media