Joe Blanton agrees to $4 million, 1-year deal with Nationals

Blanton, 36, was a free agent after pitching for the Dodgers in 2016, when the right-hander went 7-2 with a 2.48 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 80 innings across 75 regular-season appearances.

Seattle’s Felix Hernandez allowed one run on three hits over two innings in his spring debut in an 8-1 win over a White Sox split squad. ...

Addison Russell hit a three-run homer, his second drive of the spring, in the Cubs’ 7-5 loss to the Angels. ...

The Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka settled down after his first pitch of the spring went to the backstop, striking out two over two hitless innings in New York’s split-squad 9-5 win over the Tigers.

Clay Buchholz pitched two scoreless innings in his Philadelphia debut as the Phillies beat the Orioles 7-5. ...

Tampa Bay set team record for spring training in runs, hits (24) and margin of victory in a 19-0 shellacking of the Twins.