2019 – The 2019 Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Election results are announced. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, the all-time NPB doubles leader, is elected on the players ballot. The veterans committee selects Hiroshi Gondo while the special committee picks high school federation executive Haruo Wakimura.

2019 – Kyler Murray, Oakland’s top pick in the 2018 amateur draft and winner of the Heisman Trophy as a star quarterback for the University of Oklahoma, announces that he has declared for the upcoming NFL draft hours before the midnight ET limit for doing so. He is expected to be selected early in the first round, but the A’s could still convince him to forgo a football career by sweetening the contract they reached with him last summer.

2019 – A number of second-tier free agents find homes today, the most prominent being IF Jed Lowrie, coming off the best two seasons of his career at 34, who signs with the Mets for two years and $20 million. OF Jon Jay joins the White Sox for one year at $4 million while 2B Brian Dozier inks a one-year deal with Washington.

2019 – C Yasmani Grandal, who turned down a qualifying offer from the Dodgers worth $17.9 million, signs a one-year deal with the Brewers for $18.25 million. Ironically, Grandal suffered a public defensive meltdown against the Brew Crew in the 2018 NLCS, which kept him on the bench for most of the remainder of the 2018 Postseason.

2019 – The White Sox sign reliever Kelvin Herrera for two years and $18 million.

2019 – The Phillies sign free agent reliever David Robertson for two years and $23 million. He is expected to become the team’s closer.