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Red Sox sign Jake Diekman. Twins trade for Sonny Gray.

Mets sign Adam Ottavino for a year.

Goodbye, most recent pitcher to close out a pennant.

Lewis Brinson of the Marlins is now Lewis Brinson of the Astros.

And two years for Joe Kelly with those Pale Hose.

Josh Harrison signs for a year with the White Sox.

Kurt Suzuki signs for a year to be closer to thee, Noah Syndergaard, which is to say he is now an Angel.

Jayson Stark breaks down the format that will take effect in 2023. Yes, the 2023 schedule will cut back on rivalry games. And in their place, teams will play an NBA-like schedule that involves facing all 29 other clubs, including every one of the 15 in the other league. Here's a breakdown: DIVISION GAMES (56): Clubs play all four teams in their division 14 times. (Current total: 19) So that means one three-game series and one four-game series each, both home and road. OTHER 10 LEAGUE OPPONENTS (60): Those non-division teams within your league? You'll play them six times apiece — three at home, three on the road. (Current total: six or seven apiece) INTERLEAGUE SCHEDULE (46): Here's how this works: Every team plays its interleague “rival” (Mets-Yankees, Cubs-White Sox, you know the deal) four times — two at home, two on the road. (Current total: four or six games, depending on the season) As for the other 14 teams in the opposite league, you'll play three games against every one of them. Half are at home. Half are on the road. Then that will flip the following year. So if you miss Mike Trout in your NL city one year, he visits the next year. Get the picture? (Current total: three or four games each versus either four or five nonrival interleague opponents) https://theathletic.com/3178572/2022/03/11/stark-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-many-mlb-schedule-changes-in-2022-and-2023/https://theathletic.com/3178572/2022/03/11/stark-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-many-mlb-schedule-changes-in-2022-and-2023/

Mayor Adams, repping his National League Town.

April 7 at DC is now a 4:05 start.

Ty Kelly, remeet Daniel Zamora.

Odalis Perez, 44. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/odalis-perez-passes-away.htmlhttps://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/odalis-perez-passes-away.html

The players' faces are back on the Mets.com roster.

Deets from Passan. Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday, ending the league's 99-day lockout of the players and salvaging a 162-game season, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. With the end of the second-longest work stoppage in the game's history, spring training camps will open Sunday, free-agent signings can begin Thursday night, and baseball will attempt to return to some semblance of normalcy after months of fraught negotiations. The deal materialized after talks ratcheted up this week, when the league made a proposal that bridged the significant gap in the competitive-balance tax, a key issue in the end stages of talks. A dispute over an international draft threatened negotiations and caused the league to "remove from the schedule" another two series Wednesday, but those issues were resolved Thursday morning and the league delivered a full proposal to the union, which it voted to accept. The final vote by the MLBPA's eight members of the executive subcommittee and 30 player reps was 26-12 in favor of the agreement, sources told ESPN. The basic agreement governs almost all aspects of the game, but baseball's core economics were front and center in the labor talks. In addition to the new CBT, which increases from $230 million to $244 million over the five-year deal, the minimum salary governing players with less than three years of major league service will jump from $570,500 to $700,000, growing to $780,000, and a bonus pool worth $50 million will be distributed among those younger players who have yet to reach salary arbitration. MLB had pushed for expanding the postseason to 12 teams -- a plan to which the MLBPA agreed. Additionally, player uniforms will feature advertising for the first time, with patches on jerseys and decals on batting helmets. Other elements of the deal include: • A 45-day window for MLB to implement rules changes -- among them a pitch clock, ban on shifts and larger bases in the 2023 season. • The National League adopting the designated hitter. • A draft lottery implemented with the intent of discouraging tanking. • Draft-pick inducements to discourage service-time manipulation. • Limiting the number of times a player can be optioned to the minor leagues in one season. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33470321/sources-mlb-union-reach-tentative-agreement-new-cba-salvage-162-game-seasonhttps://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33470321/sources-mlb-union-reach-tentative-agreement-new-cba-salvage-162-game-season

Willets Point wrote: So I'm assuming the schedule is not being altered in any way other than that first week of games being deleted. I guess there are some teams out there that are happy their games against some team like the Dodgers and the Rays are erased. Gonna be 162, with full-length doubleheaders wedged in.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: No more seven-inning doubleheaders or runners on second to start extra innings. Really?!?

No more seven-inning doubleheaders or runners on second to start extra innings.

Mookie receives an award.

https://twitter.com/marlyriveraespn/status/1501702666107465736

Another two series have been canceled by MLB.

I heard "Coming up with Tiki and Tierney (whoever the fu*k they are) will be Yankee Great Darryl Strawberry". File this under Unpopular Culture.