Pirates sign RHP Ivan Nova to three-year deal

The Pittsburgh Pirates announced a three-year re-signing of RHP Ivan Nova on Tuesday.

Overall, Nova went 12-8 with a 4.17 ERA in 32 appearances (26 starts) this past season. He is 58-41 with a 4.30 ERA in 142 appearances (129 starts) over his seven-year career.

Nova was acquired by Pittsburgh on August 1 in exchange for two players to be named.

Indians sign free-agent 1B Edwin Encarnacion to 3-year, $65 million deal

The Cleveland Indians announced on Thursday that they signed free-agent 1B Edwin Encarnacion to a three-year, $65 million deal.

In 2016 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Encarnacion ranked tied for 2nd in the majors with 127-RBI and tied for 3rd with 42-HR. His 127 RBI are a career-high & 5th most in Blue Jays club history and the most since Carlos Delgado had a franchise high 145 in 2003. His 42-HR matches his career best (2nd time, last 2012) and are tied for 6th highest in a season in team history. In fact, the last time a Jay hit that many HR was Edwin in 2012.

76 of his career high 158 hits this season have gone for XBH (34-2B, 42-HR). Against LHPs, Encarnacion has 15 XBH out of 28 total hits (53.6%). On Sep. 20 at the Mariners, he hit his 42nd HR of the season, matching his career high (2012).

Indians invite Chris Colabello to Major League camp

The Cleveland Indians signed free agent 1B/OF Chris Colabello to a Minor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League spring training camp on Tuesday.

Colabello, 33, owns a career Major League average of .257 (187-727) with 35 doubles, 28 home runs and 111 RBI in 225 Major League games since debuting with the Minnesota Twins in 2013. His best season came in 2015 with the Toronto Blue Jays, hitting .321 (107-333) with 19 2B, 15 HR and 54 RBI in 101 games and was Toronto's starting first baseman in 10 of their 11 Postseason games.

His 2016 campaign was spent in the Blue Jays organization around an 80-game suspension starting in April for violating MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

GIants sign SS Jimmy Rollins to minor-league deal

Shortstop Jimmy Rollins agreed to a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.

The deal will pay Rollins $1 million if he makes the Giants' major league roster, a source told ESPN's Jerry Crasnick.

Rollins, 38, signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox last year and made the big league roster. But he was designated for assignment in June after hitting .221 in 41 games. Rollins played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015.

Rollins played 41 games for the White Sox in 2016.

Phillies acquire Clay Buchholz from Red Sox

The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired right-hander Clay Buchholz from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor league second baseman Josh Tobias, Vice President & General Manager Matt Klentak announced today.

Buchholz, 32, went 8-10 with a 4.78 ERA in a career-high 37 games (21 starts) for the Red Sox last season. In his final 16 appearances of the season (eight starts), he posted a 5-1 record with a 2.80 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .212 batting average.

"We are excited to welcome Clay Buchholz to Philadelphia," said Klentak. "Clay had a very productive tenure with the Red Sox, and we look forward to seeing what he can do in a Phillies uniform. He is a welcome addition to our young starting rotation."

A two-time American League All-Star (2010 & 2013), Buchholz pitched a 9.0-inning no-hitter in his second major league start on September 1, 2007 against the Baltimore Orioles, becoming just the third pitcher since 1900 to accomplish the feat in two or fewer starts.

Buchholz has made six postseason starts in his career, all with Boston, and has gone 0-1 with a 4.25 ERA, including allowing one unearned run over 4.0 innings in Game 4 of the 2013 World Series in St. Louis. The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Cardinals in six games.

A supplemental first-round selection (42nd overall) by the Red Sox in 2005 out of Angelina College, Buchholz had spent his entire professional career with the organization. He compiled an 81-61 record with a 3.96 ERA in 206 games (188 starts).

Tobias was selected in the 10th round of the 2015 draft by the Phillies. He split last season between single-A Clearwater and single-A Lakewood and hit a combined .291 with 31 doubles, nine home runs, 69 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 127 games. The 24-year-old switch-hitter was named to the South Atlantic League's midseason and postseason All-Star teams.

To make room for Buchholz on the 40-man roster, the Phillies have designated third baseman Richie Shaffer for assignment.

White Sox agree to terms on one-year contract with first baseman Jose Abreu

By Chicago White Sox (Press Release)

The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a one-year, $10.825-million contract with first baseman Jose Abreu, avoiding arbitration.

Abreu, 29, batted .293 (183-624) with 32 doubles, 100 RBI, 67 runs scored and a .820 OPS last season, his third with the White Sox. He recorded his third consecutive season of 30-plus doubles, 25-plus home runs and 100-plus RBI to start his career, the first player in White Sox history to accomplish that feat.

Abreu also became the seventh player in major-league history to record 100-or-more RBI in each of his first three seasons, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936-42), Hideki Matsui (2003-05), Albert Pujols (2001-10), Al Simmons (1924-34), Pinky Whitney (1928-30) and Ted Williams (1939-49, did not play from 1943-45).

He owns a .299 (537-1,793) average with 91 home runs, 308 RBI and a .515 slugging percentage over three seasons with the White Sox after signing as a free agent out of Cuba on October 29, 2013.

During that span, Abreu ranks among the American League leaders in RBI (5th), total bases (5th, 923), extra-base hits (7th, 198), slugging percentage (8th), OPS (9th, .875), average (T9th) and home runs (10th). His 91 home runs are tied for 10th-most in history by a player over his first three major-league seasons.

Orioles sign C Welington Castillo to a one-year contract

The Orioles today announced that they have signed free agent C Welington  Castillo to a one-year contract with an option for 2018. With this move, the Orioles' 40-man Major League roster is now full.

Castillo, 29, batted .264/.322/.423 (110-for-416) with 24 doubles, 14 home runs, 41 runs scored, and 68 RBI in 113 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2016, ranking third in RBI and fourth in home runs among National League catchers. In 2016, Castillo caught 21-of-61 (34.4%) would-be base stealers, the fifth-highest total (21) in the National League. Over 509 career Major League games, he has hit .255/.318/.416 with 96 doubles, one triple, 60 home runs, 171 runs scored, and 230 RBI. Since 2014, his 45 home runs as a catcher rank tied for sixth in the Major Leagues, including a National League-leading 18 home runs as a catcher in 2015.

Originally signed by the Chicago Cubs as a non-drafted free agent on December 8, 2004, Castillo played parts of six seasons (2010-15) with the Cubs and has also spent time with the Seattle Mariners (2015) as well as the Diamondbacks (2015-16).

- Baltimore Orioles