Milone among four Twins to avoid arbitration

After left-hander Tommy Milone agreed to a one-year deal worth $4.5 million to avoid arbitration on Thursday, the Twins avoided arbitration with reliever Casey Fien and infielders Eduardo Escobar and Eduardo Nunez on Friday. The Twins, however, have yet to reach agreements with third baseman Trevor Plouffe and reliever Kevin Jepsen.

Forsythe gets 2-year deal; Rays agree with 8

The Rays on Friday signed infielder Logan Forsythe to a two-year contract with a club option for 2018 and agreed to one-year deals with eight other arbitration-eligible players: right-hander Alex Cobb, catcher Hank Conger, outfielders Brandon Guyer and Desmond Jennings, left-hander Jake McGee, first baseman/outfielder Logan Morrison, righty Erasmo Ramirez and catcher Rene Rivera.

Harvey, four other Mets avoid arbitration

Nine Mets filed for arbitration earlier this week, four of whom exchanged salary figures with the club on Friday. The other five agreed to new non-guaranteed one-year deals, including starting pitcher Matt Harvey, who will make $4.325 million — approximately seven times what he earned last season. Relievers Addison Reed, Carlos Torres and Josh Edgin agreed to deals for $5.3 million, $1.05 million and $625,000, respectively, while infielder Ruben Tejada will make $3 million.