High-ticket free agents continue to find a home now that spring training is under way. Today, the Red Sox sign slugging OF J.D. Martinez to a five-year contract worth $110 million. For their part, the Diamondbacks, Martinez’s former team, who were hoping to retain him, choose a more modest path as a replacement in the outfield, signing Jarrod Dyson for two years and $7.5 million.

Commissioner Rob Manfred announces that he has come to an agreement with the Players Association on pace of play initiatives. Contrary to what he had announced a month earlier, the Commissioner retreats from his threat of imposing a pitch clock unilaterally. However, the two sides agree to place limits on the number of mound visits and to reduce the allotted time between innings.