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DALLAS (AP) — The championship vision that led Nathan Eovaldi to sign with Texas as a free agent two years ago is the same one that brought him back to the Rangers. A World Series title in his first season was followed by a losing record this year. “I believe in the guys in the group that we have. We were able to do it in ‘23. I don’t feel a lot has changed,” Eovaldi said Friday, a day after finalizing a $75 million, three-year contract . “We had a down year last year, but I've said it before, you learn a lot from losing seasons.” Eovaldi had declined a $20 million player option to become a free agent again and reached an agreement during the winter meetings in Dallas. Texas also acquired slugging corner infielder Jake Burger in a swap with Miami. Burger had fallen asleep before getting a call late Tuesday night that he had been traded to Texas, where his family is planning to move after the October birth of a daughter with Down syndrome. “The other city that is really good other than Nashville in terms of children's hospital and resources for her Downs is in Dallas," Burger said. “Not just from the baseball spectrum, from the life aspect as well ... I feel like it was meant to be, and we couldn’t be more more excited about that.” In the Nashville area, Burger lives close to Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, whom he plans to visit with soon. His former Marlins manager, Skip Schumaker , was hired last month by the Rangers as a senior adviser for baseball operations, and Luis Urueta, Miami’s bench coach the past two seasons, recently joined Bochy’s on-field coaching staff for 2025. Burger and Rangers pitcher Dane Dunning were once roommates in the Chicago White Sox organization. Burger hit .250 with 29 home runs and 76 RBIs in 137 games for the Marlins last season, when he started 59 games at third base and 50 starts at first. He was with the White Sox in Texas when he got traded to Miami on Aug. 1, 2023, and four days later hit his first homer with the Marlins at Globe Life Field. When the Rangers made the title run in 2023, Eovaldi was 5-0 with a 2.95 ERA in six postseason starts. He was the winning pitcher in their World Series-clinching Game 5 at Arizona. He was also part of Boston’s 2018 title. Eovaldi was 12-8 this year with a 3.80 ERA in 29 starts, the last seven scoreless innings in the regular-season finale. He is 24-13 with a 3.72 ERA in 54 starts for Texas the past two seasons. The new deal for the Texas native, who who turns 35 in February, includes a $12 million signing bonus, half payable on Nov. 15, 2026, and the rest on Jan. 15, 2028, and salaries of $18 million next season, $25 million in 2026 and $20 million in 2027. He gets a full no-trade provision. After being welcomed back by Chris Young, the team's president of baseball operations, the pitcher said he never felt like he really left. The Rangers stayed in contact throughout the process after he declined his option Nov. 4. “Kind of listening to the market and everything, I’m extremely happy to be back. I’m glad we were we were able to make it all work out,” Eovaldi said. “We had a lot of teams reach out right away and we were in contact with most them across the league. Ultimately we were able to make it back here.” AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlbThe 49ers had a big win on Sunday against the Bears, but 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel did not have a big game. Samuel was held to two catches for 22 yards, continuing a disappointing season in which he’s averaging career-lows in catches per game and yards per game. But Samuel took to social media on Monday afternoon to say nothing is wrong. “Not struggling at all just not getting the ball!!!!!!!” Samuel wrote . A comment like that could be portrayed as a complaint that Samuel has been surpassed in the 49ers’ wide receiver pecking order by Jauan Jennings, who has more targets, more catches, more yards and more touchdowns than Samuel this season. But Samuel quickly added in another post that he’s not in any way criticizing his teammates. “Just cause I voice my opinions mean I’m hating on any of my teammates!! Be Fr,” Samuel wrote . It’s been a disappointing season in San Francisco, both for the 49ers and for Samuel individually. And there’s little doubt that Samuel is disappointed he’s not getting the ball more.Trump’s controversial designees questioned on Capitol Hill
Marshall's 17 lead Albany over Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 93-50MARKET REPORT: Raspberry Pi in festive mood as shares soar By JON HOPKINS Updated: 14:45, 28 December 2024 e-mail View comments The traditional Santa Rally may not have arrived, but DIY computer maker Raspberry Pi most certainly has had a fantastic time, rising to more than £1bn in value. The FTSE 250 stock was on the march again yesterday and is up 74pc this month. Much of that has come since December 18, when it was revealed that America's SW Investment Management had amassed a 3.59pc holding in the UK firm, which only listed in London six months ago. Raspberry Pi made a strong debut on June 11 after its public offering at 280p a share, jumping to 385p at the close of trade that day. Since then, the stock - of which more than half is owned by just two holders - had been steadily rising before this month's boost. Raspberry Pi rose another 7pc, or 42p, to 640p, easing back after hitting a new intra-day peak of 721.5p, proving to investors that tech floats can work in London, albeit thanks to US influences. Overall, the post-Christmas mood was mixed, though based on thin volumes. The FTSE 100 index closed 0.16pc, or 12.79 points, up at 8149.78, but the FTSE 250 ended down 0.4pc, or 82.86 points, at 20,488.65. Among the minority of FTSE 100 gainers, Centrica was up 2.2pc, or 2.85p, at 131.85p as the British Gas-owner started buying back £300m of shares, which will take the total repurchase to £1.5bn since November 2022. Energy firms were also up, with BP rising 1.1pc, or 4.2p, to 385.45p and Shell ahead 0.47pc, or 11.5p, at 2440.5p as oil prices held firm, supported by fresh economic stimulus measures from China. But Anglo American fell 1.66pc, or 39.5p, to 2342p as Chile's environmental regulator filed four charges against the Los Bronces copper mine. Builder Taylor Wimpey was down 0.74pc, or 0.9p, at 120.6p with the sector troubled by mortgage rate concerns. But fellow builder Vistry rallied modestly, adding 2.83pc, or 15.5p, to close at 563p, having plunged 16pc on Christmas Eve after delivering an unseasonal profit warning - its third of the year. Though the market was forgiving after the festive break, analysts were less so, with those at Irish broker Davy cutting their recommendation for Vistry to 'neutral' from 'outperform'. Also on the FTSE 250, Syncona rose 0.58pc, or 0.6p, to 103.2p as it revealed one of its investments, Achilles Therapeutics, had sold its technology assets to AstraZeneca for £9.5m. Syncona said its holding value in Achilles was £8.5m as of September 30, representing 0.7pc of its net asset value. Among the small caps, Zenith Energy leapt 35.3pc, or 1.2p, to 4.6p encouraged by the latest ruling of the arbitral tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in the company's case against Tunisia. The energy group is suing the Tunisian state for £500m claiming breach of trade agreements with the UK relating to the Sidi El Kilani and Ezzaouia concessions. But Walker Crips lost 5.56pc, or 1p, closing at 17p as the London stockbroker and asset manager swung to a first half loss of £1.5m despite sales increasing by 2.3pc. DIY INVESTING PLATFORMS AJ Bell AJ Bell Easy investing and ready-made portfolios Learn More Learn More Hargreaves Lansdown Hargreaves Lansdown Free fund dealing and investment ideas Learn More Learn More interactive investor interactive investor Flat-fee investing from £4.99 per month Learn More Learn More Saxo Saxo Get £200 back in trading fees Learn More Learn More Trading 212 Trading 212 Free dealing and no account fee Learn More Learn More Affiliate links: If you take out a product This is Money may earn a commission. These deals are chosen by our editorial team, as we think they are worth highlighting. This does not affect our editorial independence. Compare the best investing account for you Share or comment on this article: MARKET REPORT: Raspberry Pi in festive mood as shares soar e-mail Add comment Some links in this article may be affiliate links. If you click on them we may earn a small commission. That helps us fund This Is Money, and keep it free to use. We do not write articles to promote products. We do not allow any commercial relationship to affect our editorial independence.
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