The Mets make a couple of moves to defend their National League pennant, re-signing free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and adding reliever Antonio Bastardo. Cespedes, the star of the team’s late surge in 2015, returns after protracted negotiations, signing for three years and $75 million, while the price tag for Bastardo is $12 million over two years.

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The Mets make a couple of moves to defend their National League pennant, re-signing free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and adding reliever Antonio Bastardo. Cespedes, the star of the team’s late surge in 2015, returns after protracted negotiations, signing for three years and $75 million, while the price tag for Bastardo is $12 million over two years.

Greg Frady is named to the German Baseball Hall of Fame. He had managed the German national team to a Bronze Medal in the 2010 European Championship, their first European Championship medal in 35 years, and guided them to three Baseball World Cups after no Baseball World Cup appearances since the early 1970s.

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Greg Frady is named to the German Baseball Hall of Fame. He had managed the German national team to a Bronze Medal in the 2010 European Championship, their first European Championship medal in 35 years, and guided them to three Baseball World Cups after no Baseball World Cup appearances since the early 1970s.