The Minnesota Twins have powered up their lineup.Free agent slugger Logan Morrison and the Twins reached agreement on a $65 million, one-year deal, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract was subject to a physical.Morrison had a career-high 38 home runs and 85 RBIs for the Tampa Bay Rays last season, mostly as a first baseman.The 30-year-old Morrison has also played the corner outfield spots. With Eddie Rosario and Max Kepler in left field and right field and Joe Mauer at first base, Morrison is likely to be the primary designated hitter for a team that earned an AL wild-card spot last season.AROUND THE GRAPEFRUIT AND CACTUS LEAGUES:NATIONALS 9, BRAVES 3Max Scherzer allowed one run, on a homer by Dansby Swanson, in two innings and struck out three for Washington. Bryce Harper went 0 for 3 in his first spring game. Matt Wieters homered for the Nationals.Scott Kazmir walked two in one... [More]

A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that free agent slugger Logan Morrison and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to terms on a one-year, $6.5 million contract.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity on Sunday, because the deal was subject to a physical exam and not yet finalized by the team. The Twins have an option for 2019 that can also automatically vest and make it a two-year contract. Morrison had a career-high 38 home runs and 85 RBIs for the Tampa Bay Rays last season.Morrison has also played the corner outfield spots. With Eddie Rosario and Max Kepler in left field and right field and Joe Mauer at first base, he's on track to be the primary designated hitter for a team that earned an AL wild-card spot last season.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals came to camp Sunday and finally knew for sure: Eric Hosmer was gone.The move was not unexpected, but they had been dreading this day.Hosmer agreed to an eight-year, $144 million contract with the San Diego Padres this weekend, leaving the Royals with a big void at first base and in the clubhouse."I had a pretty good sense about four days ago that it probably wasn't going to work out here," Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. "You still hold out hope. We began to develop a mindset that he is probably going in a different direction."The 28-year-old Hosmer hit a career-best .318 last year with 25 home runs. He is a four-time Gold Glove winner and was the MVP of the 2016 All-Star Game, which was played in San Diego. Hosmer helped the Royals to back-to-back World Series appearances, and they won it all in 2015."Eric Hosmer was a huge part of that," Moore said. "We're forever grateful for his leadership, what he meant and does mean to this organization.... [More]

A team-by-team look at the American League East entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:___Boston Red SoxManager: Alex Cora (first season).2017: 93-69, first place, lost to Houston in ALDS.Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida.Park: JetBlue Park.First Workout: Feb. 14/19.He's Here: Manager Alex Cora.He's Outta Here: Manager John Farrell, RHP Doug Fister, INF Eduardo Nunez, OF Chris Young, RHP Addison Reed, OF Rajai Davis, LHP Henry Owens, LHP Fernando Abad, RHP Blaine Boyer.Going campin': The Red Sox won 93 games for the second straight season and claimed the franchise's first back-to-back AL East titles. But Farrell was fired after they failed to advance in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. They are virtually the same team as last year; boss Dave Dombrowski said he was looking for a bat with power and still might add one of the free agents remaining on the market, including... [More]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays will have a new look in 2018.A lingering question entering spring training is to what extent.Evan Longoria is gone. So are Alex Cobb, Logan Morrison and Lucas Duda.Jake Odorizzi, and maybe even two-time All-Star Chris Archer or closer Alex Colome, could be on the way out, too, with the budget-minded team committed to trimming payroll while also trying to remain competitive in the tough AL East.Closing the gap on defending division champion Boston and the big-spending New York Yankees, who've added Giancarlo Stanton after coming within one victory of reaching the World Series, won't be easy.The Rays finished 80-82 in 2017, their fourth consecutive losing record on the heels of a stretch in which they made the playoffs four times in six seasons."It's a challenge. You can't sugarcoat it," manager Kevin Cash, entering his fourth season, said of the Yankees adding Stanton, baseball's home run leader, to an already potent batting order."I've already... [More]

1B Logan Morrison went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Sunday's win over Baltimore. Morrison had career highs in hits (124), home runs (38) and RBIs (84) this season.

1B Logan Morrison now has 38 home runs, shattering his previous career high of 23 -- it's also the third-most in Rays history, behind Carlos Pena's 46 in 2007 and Pena's 39 in 2009. Morrison, a free agent this offseason, reached base four times to open what is likely his final series in a Rays uniform.

1B Logan Morrison seems to enjoy hitting on the road. After going 2-for-4 in a Sunday loss at Baltimore, Morrison now has a .277 average in road games. In fact, 27 of his 37 homers have come away from Tampa Bay.

DH Logan Morrison continues to swing a powerful bat. Morrison clubbed his team-leading 37th home run of the season on the first pitch in the ninth inning of Saturday's 9-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Morrison has now recorded hits in back-to-back games for the first time since Sept. 1-2.

1B Logan Morrison was scratched from the starting lineup on Wednesday for the second day in a row with the stomach flu. He came off the bench in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter and grounded into a double play.

1B/DH Logan Morrison was scratched from the lineup with a stomach virus. Morrison leads the Rays with 36 home runs and 82 RBIs.

1B Logan Morrison homered in the sixth inning of Saturday night's 5-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Morrison has now homered in three straight games and has hit six home runs in his last six games. During Tampa Bay's current road trip, Morrison is hitting .448 (13-for-29).

1B Logan Morrison hit his 34th home run of the season, a two-run shot, Friday off Chicago White Sox Reynaldo Lopez. Morrison has five home runs in five games. He is hitting .481 (12-for-25) on the road trip.

1B Logan Morrison has hit 23 road home runs, which ties a Rays' record, set by Carlos Pena in 2007. He tops the American League in road home runs. "The success, it comes with the confidence; how you're feeling at the plate," Rays manager Kevin Cash said of Morrison. "And you can tell, he's feeling really good. He's gotten back to laying off some borderline pitches. He's controlling the at-bat that's allowing him to get pitches that he can handle."

1B Logan Morrison belted his 30th homer Sunday, the first time in his career that he's reached that mark. For good measure, he unloaded No. 31 in the top of the 10th inning to snap a tie and give the Rays a win. Morrison has been a homer machine away from Tropicana Field with 22 road blasts this year, including 11 of his last 13 and 15 of his last 18.

1B Logan Morrison, coming off the bench as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning, hit a solo home run, his 29th of the season. It's the fourth pinch-hit home run of his career and first since September 2015. He snapped a 14-game homerless drought.

DH/1B Logan Morrison doubled in the third inning and singled in the fifth inning Tuesday in the 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. He ended a hitless drought of 11 at-bats. He also walked to reach base three times in a game for the third time in his past 11 games.

1B Logan Morrison snapped out of a 0-for-11 slump with three singles in Thursday's win. His RBI single snapped a team-wide 0-for-31 slump with runners in scoring position, tying the game and setting up the late-inning win for the Rays.

DH Logan Morrison homered in the first inning for a second consecutive game and has homered in back-to-back games following a 36 at-bat homerless drought. Morrison has homered in consecutive games four times this season and leads the majors with 20 home runs on the road.

DH Logan Morrison clubbed a solo home run in the first inning immediately after 3B Evan Longoria homered, marking the 12th time this season the Rays have recorded back-to-back home runs. Morrison has 27 homers this season including 19 on the road. He entered Tuesday ranked sixth and tied for first in the American League in those respective categories.