Carlos Santana is bringing his big bat and postseason experience to Philadelphia.
The 31-year-old first baseman became the first of the offseason’s big-name free agents to find a new home, reportedly agreeing Friday to a $60 million, three-year deal with the Phillies.
Santana became the first to reach a deal among the nine free agents who last month rejected $17.4 million qualifying offers from their former teams.
Philadelphia also traded shortstop Freddy Galvis to San Diego for minor league pitcher Enyel De Los Santos.
Santana hit 23 home runs with 79 RBIs for Cleveland, where he spent all eight of his big league seasons.
He has four homers and eight RBIs in 21 career postseason games.
•All-Star infielder Zack Cozart agreed to a $38 million, three-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels.
Cozart, 32, has a .254 average in seven big league seasons, all with Cincinnati, and was a first-time All-Start this year. He hit .297 with 24 homers and 63 RBIs.
•Reliever Hector Rondon agreed to an $8.5 million, two-year contract with the World Series champion Houston Astros.
The 29-year-old right-hander spent the last five years with the Chicago Cubs, where he went 18-13 with a 3.22 ERA and 77 saves.
•Catcher Jose Lobaton and the New York Mets have agreed to a minor league contract.
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Cardinals put Peterson on IR
Adrian Peterson was placed on injured reserve because of a neck injury, ending the running back’s season after only six games with the Arizona Cardinals.
Acquired from New Orleans on Oct. 10, Peterson ran for 448 yards — 314 in his first three games — and two touchdowns on 129 carries and had nine catches for 66 yards for the Cardinals. In four games for the Saints, he ran for 81 yards on 24 carries and caught two passes for 4 yards.
He signed with the Saints during the offseason after spending his first 10 NFL seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.
Also Friday, the Cardinals acquired cornerback C.J. Goodwin off waivers from Atlanta.
•The Carolina Panthers say they have launched an internal investigation into workplace misconduct allegations against founder and owner Jerry Richardson. The team said former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles is overseeing the investigation by a Los Angeles-based law firm.
•Trevor Siemian’s season is over after the Broncos’ starting quarterback injured his left shoulder in Denver’s 25-13 win at Indianapolis, said coach Vance Joseph, who also hinted that Paxton Lynch and not Brock Osweiler would start next week at Washington.
•The Kansas City Chiefs placed center Mitch Morse on injured reserve with a left foot injury and elevated cornerback Keith Reaser from the practice squad. Morse started all 31 games over his first two seasons before getting hurt Oct. 2.
•The Buffalo Bills placed left tackle Cordy Glenn on injured reserve.
Golf: Justin Rose completed the final two holes of his second round for a 3-under 69 and a one-stroke lead at the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta. He was at 13-under 131.
Lawsuits: A defamation lawsuit filed by Pete Rose last year against John Dowd, the lawyer who got him kicked out of baseball for betting on baseball in 1989, has been dismissed.
Rose contended in the suit that Dowd defamed him in 2015 by saying on the radio that the former baseball great had raped young teen girls during spring training.
Obituary: Frank Lary, the Detroit Tigers pitcher who was called the Yankee Killer because of his success against New York’s big-hitting lineup, died at 87 on Wednesday after being hospitalized in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with pneumonia.
Lary pitched with the Tigers from 1954-64 and led the American League with 21 wins in 1956. A two-time All-Star, he won the Gold Glove Award in 1961, when he went 23-9 and finished third in the Cy Young Award voting behind Whitey Ford and Warren Spahn.
Lary got his nickname by going 27-10 against the Yankees from 1955-61, a span when New York won six pennants.