ANAHEIM -- The Angels made a transfer to complement their outfield depth, agreeing to phrases with veteran outfielder Aaron Hicks on a one-year deal well worth the league minimal of $740,000, the workforce introduced on Monday. The Angels had been ready so as to add Hicks cheaply as a result of he’s nonetheless getting paid by the Yankees after inking a seven-year, $70 million extension in 2019. Hicks was launched by New York final May however is being paid $9.78M in each 2024 and '25 and is due a $1 million buyout in '26. Hicks, although, bounced again after signing with the Orioles, hitting .275/.381/.425 with seven homers, seven doubles and 31 RBIs in 65 video games for the AL East champions.  Hicks, 34, can be a neighborhood product of Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif., ...

Carson Williams is a high-profile prospect in a fertile Tampa Bay Rays farm system. Drafted twenty eighth general in 2021 out of San Diego’s Torrey Pines High School, the 20-year-old shortstop is No. 20 in MLB Pipeline’s recently-released Top 100, and he may even rank prominently when our personal checklist comes out subsequent month. His 2023 manufacturing offered ample proof of his plus instruments. Playing primarily at High-A Bowling Green, and with cups of espresso on the Double-A and Triple-A ranges, Williams walloped 23 house runs whereas placing up a 130 wRC+. Erik Neander was effusive in his reward when giving a synopsis of the younger infielder throughout November’s GM Meetings. “Incredible physical potential in all aspects of the game, both sides of the ball,” Tampa Bay’s ...