Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been ruled out of the first India-England Test in Chennai with a knee injury. A BCCI statement said Patel, who is also handy with the bat down the order, felt "pain in his left knee during Team India's optional training session on Thursday", and while "detailed reports are awaited", he will not be fit to play the first game.

The BCCI added two other spin options to India's squad in left-armer Shahbaz Nadeem and legspinner Rahul Chahar. Both bowlers had already been on stand-by and training with the team, so they will already be part of the bio-secure bubble.

Nadeem brings immense experience with him. Having played 117 first-class games, he has 443 wickets in the format, 83 of which have come for India A at an average of under 30. Despite all that, he has played just the one Test though, against South Africa in Ranchi in 2019, finishing with match figures of 4 for 40.

Chahar, 21, on the other hand, has only 17 first-class games to his name after debuting in the format in 2016. But he offers a legspin option and is coming off an IPL in which he showcased some fearless tactics. He finished the IPL with 15 wickets at 28.86 for Mumbai Indians. Following the IPL, in the recently concluded domestic T20s, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he claimed 11 wickets in five games for Rajasthan.

While India did not name a playing XI on match eve, captain Virat Kohli did confirm Rishabh Pant will keep.

Shakib Al Hasan is "still being assessed" for a groin injury, which kept him off the field on the third morning of Bangladesh's first Test against West Indies at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, a Bangladesh team spokesman told ESPNcricinfo.

It was unclear whether this was the recurrence of the groin niggle he suffered during the third ODI - in this Test, he appeared in pain when trying to stop a ball with his foot off his own bowling in his third over on the second afternoon.

He went on to bowl a few more overs but after completing his sixth, Shakib slowly walked off the field when Shadman Islam's foot injury gave everyone a break.

This is Shakib's comeback Test match after his one-year ban by the ICC ended on October 29 last year. He made a successful return in the ODIs, winning the Player of the Series award, but it was somewhat marred by the groin niggle he picked during the third ODI.

Shakib had said after the game that "it [the injury] isn't looking good" but later recovered and joined training less than a week later to prepare for the first Test in Chattogram.

Meanwhile, Shadman returned to the field after being hit on the foot during the second day's play.

Shaun Marsh has made it back-to-back male domestic player of the year titles at the Cricket Australia awards with Elyse Villani named the female player of the year. Will Sutherland and Hannah Darlington took the respective young cricketer titles.

The voting period of the awards is December 11, 2019 to December 9, 2020. For the men that takes in last season's BBL, the latter part of last season's Sheffield Shield and the first part of this season, which was played in an Adelaide hub, and for the women that latter part of last season's WNCL and this season's WBBL.

During that period Marsh scored 1058 across all formats for Western Australia and Melbourne Renegades. That is split as 609 runs at 55.36 in the Sheffield Shield, which included three centuries earlier this season, and 449 runs in the BBL.

He is the fourth player to win the award in multiple years after Darren Lehmann, Michael Klinger and Cameron White.

Villani's award comes after she lost her place in the Australia team in early 2019 and further emphasises the depth on offer. She made 360 runs at 27.69 and a strike-rate of 120.80 in Melbourne Stars' WBBL campaign, forming a strong opening pairing with Meg Lanning, in which they reached the final before defeat against Sydney Thunder. That followed a strong finished to the 2019-2020 WNCL season for Victoria where she averaged over 50.

"To be voted by them is a huge honour and something I don't really take lightly," she said. "When my career does come to an end one day, I know I'm going to look back on it really fondly because it's such a huge honour to be thought of by all the girls.

"Player voted awards are so special because it really highlights the respect that players have for one another and I know that's something the girls really value."

Sutherland, who plays for Victoria and Melbourne Renegades, reached Australia A level this season when he faced India at the SCG. He took a career-best Sheffield Shield return of 6 for 67 against South Australia late last season.

"They are strong competitions we have been playing in in the Sheffield Shield and Big Bash with a lot of good young cricketers coming through, so to get that recognition is pretty exciting for me at this point of my career," he said.

Meanwhile, Darlington continued to show herself as one of the most promising young bowlers in Australia by excelling in the Thunder's WBBL-winning campaign, especially standing out at the death, taking 19 wickets with an economy rate of 6.19.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels acquired veteran outfielder Dexter Fowler from the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night for cash or a player to be named later.

Fowler batted .233 with four homers and 15 RBIs in 23 games last season, his fourth with St. Louis. The switch-hitting former Rockies and Cubs slugger is a career .259 hitter with 127 homers and 561 RBIs.

Fowler, who turns 35 next month, can play all three outfield positions. Although Fowler's production has declined in recent years, the Angels see the veteran as an important leader for their clubhouse and a short-term solution in right field so they can give more minor league development time to Jo Adell and Brandon Marsh.

"He's an outstanding human being, and he's a high-energy player," Angels general manager Perry Minasian said. "Over a 162-game season, energy is important, and this guy brings that smile, that energy on a daily basis. And we still think he can play. We think there's a lot left in the tank. The homework we've done, he's put in a ton of work this offseason. For him to waive his no-trade clause ... it's an honor."

Fowler also is costing the Angels only $1.75 million in salary.

He is headed into his 13th full big league season in the final year of a five-year, $82 million contract. He has a $14.5 million salary in 2021, and St. Louis remains responsible for the two final $1 million installments of his $10 million signing bonus, due July 1 and Oct. 1.

As part of the trade, the Cardinals agreed to pay the Angels $12.75 million in 12 installments of $1,062,500 on the 15th and final day of each month from April through September.

Fowler's switch-hitting abilities will provide a counterpart to right-handed-hitting Angels outfielders Mike Trout, Justin Upton and Adell. Taylor Ward also is expected to compete for a roster spot in the Halos' outfield in spring training.

The 21-year-old Adell, the Halos' top prospect, struggled in his major league debut last season as their everyday right fielder, batting .161 with a .478 OPS over 38 games. Fowler's presence will allow Adell's development to proceed more deliberately in 2021.

"We like [Fowler] in right field, and we feel like offensively he's going to bring a lot to the lineup," Minasian said. "We feel really good about Jo. We think Jo is going to have an outstanding career, and we feel like at some point this year, he's going to impact this club."

Fowler earned his only All-Star selection and his only World Series ring in 2016 with Chicago under current Angels manager Joe Maddon.

Fowler is the third veteran who played under Maddon at a previous stop to join the Angels in this offseason, along with former Cubs starter Jose Quintana and former Rays starter Alex Cobb. Minasian and Maddon only began working together three months ago, but the rookie GM says their philosophies are already quite similar.

"We want a certain type of player, and I think Joe and I are really aligned in this," Minasian said. "We want a certain type of makeup, a certain mentality, and him putting his stamp on those players make them more desirable."

Fowler has spent just one season of his career in the American League, playing for Houston in 2014.

The NHL has postponed the Colorado Avalanche's games through Feb. 11.

Colorado becomes the fifth team shut down, joining Vegas, New Jersey, Buffalo and Minnesota. Dallas and Carolina were put on pause in January because of outbreaks.

The Avalanche currently have two players on the league's COVID-19 list: captain Gabriel Landeskog and forward Tyson Jost. Colorado played the Wild, who now have seven players on the list, three times over the past week and already had had their game scheduled for Thursday night postponed.

There are 40 players from 11 teams on the COVID-19 unavailable list, and the league instituted new protocols Thursday in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Co-leader Matthew NeSmith nearly made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th – and barely got a reaction from the few fans. Xander Schauffele flubbed a chip – and couldn’t help but hear a surprised spectator’s reaction.

With attendance capped at about 5,000 at sunny TPC Scottsdale – a fraction of the usual turnout but the most for a PGA Tour event since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic – the Waste Management Phoenix Open opened Thursday with some very different sights and sounds.

NeSmith started on No. 10, and went through 16 in the morning before many of the 2,000 allowed fans made their way to the stadium hole.

“Probably made the quietest almost hole-in-one ever on 16,” NeSmith said. “I got about six claps there and hit it to 6 inches.”

Schauffele had no trouble hearing the fan after the botched chip.

“When there’s a lot of people it almost becomes white noise,” Schauffele said. “Out here, I chunked my chip and some guy was like, ‘Dang, he duffed it.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, you’re right, I just duffed the crap out of that chip.’”

NeSmith and Mark Hubbard topped the leaderboard at 8-under 63, a stroke ahead of fellow morning starters Nate Lashley and Sam Burns, and two in front of 53-year-old Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker.

Hubbard had his lowest score on the PGA Tour, and NeSmith matched his career low.

NeSmith holed a 30-yard bunker shot for eagle on the par-5 13th and chipped in from 55 feet for birdie on the par-4 sixth.

“I’m just trying to keep it in play, keep it in the short grass, give my irons a chance to speak for themselves, and that’s usually how I play my best golf,” NeSmith said after hitting 16 of 18 greens in regulation.

He also shot 63 in November at Sea Island.

Hubbard birdied the final four holes and five of the last six, tying NeSmith with a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th.

“I kind of found a little something in my swing,” Hubbard said. “Earlier in the day I was kind of whipping it a little inside, so I kind of straightened my takeaway a little bit, and that kind of got things in motion.”

Stricker played in the afternoon alongside European captain Padraig Harrington and Jerry Kelly, Stricker’s Madison, Wisconsin, neighbor and fellow PGA Tour Champions player. Harrington and Kelly each shot 71.

“I made some putts,” said Stricker, who turns 54 later this month. “Felt like the old Steve Stricker. I am old, but I don’t feel 53 or 4. I feel like I still have a little bit of game left in me.”

Lashley played at the University of Arizona and lives in Scottsdale.

“It’s nice being able to stay at home and play a course that you’re used to playing,” Lashley said.

Burns had eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch.

“It started with getting the ball in the right position off the tee,” Burns said. “Fortunately, we were able to attack from there.”

The fourth-ranked Schauffele was at 66 with Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge, Ted Potter Jr., Keegan Bradley and Kyoung-Hoon Lee.

“The greens are perfect,” Schauffele said. “If you hit a good putt today, they were going in.”

Brooks Koepka had a 68. The 2015 winner at TPC Scottsdale has missed three straight cuts for the first time in his career.

“I feel like I’ve been playing pretty good for a while,” Koepka said. “I just haven’t scored well. Sometimes the scoring just isn’t there.”

Sixth-ranked Rory McIlroy, playing alongside Schauffele, opened double bogey-bogey and shot 70 in his tournament debut.

“It was a good battle back,” McIlroy said. “Being 3 over through two isn’t ideal, especially on this golf course where you sort of need to make birdies.”

Jon Rahm, the former Arizona State star who tops the field at No. 2 in the world, shot 68 in the afternoon. He closed with a bogey on 18.

“The bogey just makes it feel so much worse than it really is,” Rahm said.

Playing partner Justin Thomas, ranked third, had a triple bogey on the par-4 17th in a 70. Making his first PGA Tour start since losing his Ralph Lauren deal after uttering a homophobic slur following a missed putt at Kapalua, he went from fairway bunker to greenside bunker to the water on the 351-yard 17th.

DIVOTS: Defending champion Webb Simpson had a double bogey and three bogeys in a 73. ... Rickie Fowler shot 74, making four straight bogeys late in the round. He won the 2019 tournament for the last of his five PGA Tour titles.

DAVIE, Fla. -- Count Ryan Fitzpatrick among those expecting the Miami Dolphins to push forward and build around Tua Tagovailoa in anticipation of a big leap in Year 2.

Fitzpatrick has heard the early offseason criticisms of Tagovailoa and the trade rumors connecting unhappy Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson to Miami, but he's not worried about Tagovailoa at all.

Fitzpatrick believes there are several good reasons Tagovailoa will be much improved for the Dolphins in 2021.

"Everything is going to be a little more comfortable this year," Fitzpatrick told ESPN on Thursday. "Playing in the league is going to be a little more familiar, your routine through the week and on road games. He's no longer trying to figure out where the grocery store is, where he's going to live or what car he's going to drive. All that stuff is figured out. He can solely focus on being an NFL QB.

"To have an offseason, to have repetitions, to have some sense of continuity with [co-offensive coordinators] George Godsey and Eric Studesville in his ear calling the plays and working with him. All that stuff points to him having a much better season this year and continuing to progress as a quarterback. That's the most important thing for him -- progression.

"They drafted him in the top five for a reason, with his skill set and what he can do. There are very few people on this planet who can do that. For them to be fully bought in and believe in him, he's going to do the same thing. He's going to buy into what they're coaching and I think good results are going to come from it."

In 2020, Fitzpatrick, 38, happily played mentor to Tagovailoa as a rookie in Miami. The two jelled extremely well with Tagovailoa willing to learn by watching early on and Fitzpatrick embracing his self-proclaimed "placeholder" role. Although he's set to be a free agent in March, Fitzpatrick offered Tagovailoa one more piece of advice on how to handle the offseason noise, notably regarding Watson.

"That's the nature of being a QB in the spotlight," Fitzpatrick said. "Unless you're winning the Super Bowl, there are always going to be questions and rumors. You look at a guy like Jared Goff, who was in the Super Bowl a few years ago and a No. 1 pick, now he's on another team.

"I saw Tua's comments from the other day. The advice I would give him and what he's going to do is put your head down, you go to work, you tune all that stuff out and you let your presence, leadership ability and play on the field doing all the talking for you. There's always going to be rumors. There's always going to be haters and doubters. As long as you have the belief in yourself and a team that believes in you because of how you carry yourself every day, that's what matters. It gets harder and harder as social media is such a big part of everybody's life now to tune it out, but that's what he has to do, and that's what I think he's going to do."

Tagovailoa, appearing on ESPN's Get Up on Thursday morning, responded to the Watson trade rumors, saying he's just focusing on improving in his second season.

"I can control what I can control," he said. "I'm the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins."

As Fitzpatrick spoke with ESPN while promoting Mountain Dew, this week marked the first time he talked publicly since Week 16, when he came off the bench to lead Miami to a comeback victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. He tested positive for COVID-19 just a few days later, making him ineligible for the Dolphins' season-ending loss to the Buffalo Bills. Fitzpatrick said he lost his sense of smell and taste until earlier this week, but that he was otherwise asymptomatic and no one else in his family caught the virus.

As for Fitzpatrick's future, he plans to play his 17th NFL season in 2021 in what he called a "really easy" decision. He says he'll "never say never" in regard to a return to Miami, but that he has been in the league long enough to know how these things go. He praised the city and franchise for what has been a great two seasons.

Fitzpatrick played a huge role in guiding the Dolphins from a rebuilding team to one of the NFL's best stories in 2020, as Miami made a five-win jump to a 10-6 record. However, he's expected to seek a larger role from a more quarterback-needy team.

Fitzpatrick started seven games in 2020, completing 68.5% of his passes and throwing for 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He also had a 77.1 QBR and was the unquestioned leader of the Dolphins. He could be in line for another a bridge starting-quarterback role or a chance to compete for a starting job in a number of places.

"I love being out there," he said. "I love playing. I love the grind. I love the adversity with my teammates. I love being part of a team. These decisions have become heavier in recent years with some of that stuff but I've got a really supportive family and looking forward to continuing on and playing next year. All things being equal, I want to be out there on the field playing. It's just a lot more fun for me to be playing than it is to be sitting and watching. I'm going to see what's out there and make an informed decision with my family."

TAMPA, Fla. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell expressed disappointment Thursday that only two minorities were hired for seven head-coaching openings despite a growing pool of qualified candidates.

"I'm not sure there's an issue we spent more time with our ownership on," Goodell said as part of his annual state-of-the-league address ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl. "Our ownership is committed and focused on this."

The commissioner emphasized that lack of diversity isn't just a head-coaching issue but an issue throughout positions on all clubs.

"It's much broader than just head coaches for us," he said. "But head coaches is important. And we put a lot of our policies and focus on that this year. As you know, we had two minority coaches hired this year. But it wasn't what we expected, and it's not what we expect going forward."

The two head coaches he referenced are the New York Jets' Robert Saleh, who is of Lebanese descent, and the Houston Texans' David Culley, who is Black. They joined Pittsburgh's Mike Tomlin, Miami's Brian Flores and Washington's Ron Rivera as the league's only minority head coaches.

That's in stark contrast to the league's player base, which is about 70% minority.

Goodell said he has had and will continue to have discussions with candidates -- the successful and the unsuccessful -- and teams over what went right and wrong in interviews in order to come up with better solutions.

"They're not the outcomes we wanted, and we're committed more than ever to make sure we do that. But we want it to be a natural process," Goodell said.

Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy again did not receive a job offer, nor did Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich didn't even receive an interview, despite his work with Tom Brady this season, assimilating the veteran quarterback into Bruce Arians' offense with no offseason and reaching the Super Bowl.

"It does frustrate players," linebacker Wesley Woodyard said during the NFLPA news conference. "We see ourselves as potential leaders within the NFL community. We aspire to be head coaches. We want to be GMs. But if you have guys like Eric Bieniemy, who's been an NFL legend, who's done great things within his offense, with the team that he's on, going to back-to-back Super Bowls -- that frustrates us as players."

"There has to be a platform to where we can hold each other accountable, to where the conversation continues to keeps rolling, to where these GMs, these owners have no choice but to say, 'Hey, we have to seriously check ourselves because this is an issue that has been going on. We put this rule in 17 years ago, and there has not been any kind of change."

Bucs coach Arians argued this week that teams should wait until after the Super Bowl to make coaching hires because coaches on playoff teams are essentially penalized.

But Goodell believes that the ability to do interviews virtually helped candidates, including Bieniemy, by allowing them to interview during the postseason without disruption to their game preparations.

"I think what we have really talked an awful lot about is slowing the process down and making sure teams have the opportunity to look at a diverse slate of candidates to really understand some of those candidates and the qualities that they bring, that they may not have been exposed to, for some reason or another," Goodell said, adding that they will look to see if there are some additional changes they can make.

"I know people want to focus on the head coach, but there were a lot of positives -- three new general managers that are African American," Goodell said, pointing to the hiring of Martin Mayhew with the Washington Football Team, Terry Fontenot with the Atlanta Falcons and Brad Holmes with the Detroit Lions.

"There's a lot more diversity in the coordinator position also, and across the league," Goodell said. "But we're not satisfied. And we feel like we can do better, and we're going to."

Goodell also addressed how the league handled the coronavirus this season.

He noted that there were times when there were doubts as to whether the league would be able to get a handle on the virus. Some 24 members of the Tennessee Titans organization, including 13 players, tested positive over a 2½-week period and forced the closure of team facilities.

The Week 12 matchup between Pittsburgh and Baltimore was also postponed three times due to 22 Ravens players being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The game ultimately was played on a Wednesday.

"We were down to the final days in that Pittsburgh-Baltimore game. Had that not cleared on that Monday afternoon, that Tuesday morning, we probably would not have been able to play that Wednesday game," Goodell said.

Although Goodell is not certain what's in store this upcoming year, he believes "virtual is going to be part of our life for the long term," particularly in the offseason, pointing to teams being able to successfully install new offenses via videoconference, without needing to be together in one place, which is something players have supported.

"It was smarter," said NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, who joined Goodell on stage in a show of unity. "The fact that you just didn't have guys holed up in a facility for hours on end and just killing time, the fact that we are actually able to do things via teleconference and Skype and Zoom, it's all about being smarter."

NFLPA president JC Tretter, who joined the union's news conference virtually, added that players felt mentally and physically sharper at the end of the season as a result of less time at facilities.

"We've had this false reality that that's necessary -- a ton of reps are necessary -- as we watch our bodies break down by the end of the year every year," Tretter said.

The NFL will continue to test players and staff members during the offseason, as it's not clear when vaccines will be available for them. Reaffirming his stance from December, Goodell said that the NFL would not jump to the front of the line for vaccinations, which Smith echoed.

"I wish I knew the answer to that," Goodell said. "One of the things that I have learned and all of us have learned is not to project too much in advance. ... I don't know when normal is going to be, and I don't know if normal will ever exist again. I know that we have learned to operate in a very difficult environment and have solutions, and we sure can do it again."

Smith expressed skepticism that all players and coaches could be vaccinated by September, but he pointed to the effectiveness of mask wearing, testing and contact tracing as solutions until that day arrives.

"The reality is -- just the math, there's 253 million adults in the country. The country needs to reach 75, 85% of those people to be vaccinated in order for us to reach herd immunity," Smith said. "To think that we're going to be at a vaccine-neutral state in September is probably not the case.

"What we've done has worked incredibly well. And it has not been perfect by any stretch. But I think that the way that we have crafted the protocols, we've enforced the protocols -- some teams and some coaches are a little bit lighter in the pocketbook because of it -- but I think if we can wrap our hands around the things that have worked and employ them again this season, I don't have any doubts about our season."

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association will have a finalized agreement for an All-Star Game on March 7 in Atlanta by next week, according to a league memo shared with teams and obtained by ESPN.

The single-night event will encompass the Eastern Conference-Western Conference game as well as the skills competitions, according to the memo.

The NBA and NBPA are finalizing details on health and safety protocols that will govern the All-Star participants and those players dispersing for the league's March 5-10 break, the memo said. The All-Star Game and skills competitions will be held at State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, sources tell ESPN.

The NBPA and NBA have been working through the details of a scaled-down event that centers on transporting players in and out of Atlanta in a significantly shorter window of time than what would be required on a typical All-Star Weekend, sources said.

Safety protocols -- expected to include players arriving on Saturday and leaving on Sunday night under tight quarantines -- are among the details still being ironed out, sources said. The memo included details about All-Star break rules that will include no international travel, daily testing for players and a requirement to return to home markets no later than the second day prior to the team's first game following the break, the memo said.

During the All-Star break, players will be allowed to travel in the United States, including Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, sources tell ESPN. The concern around international travel centers on the possibility that players might not be allowed to reenter the country as quickly as they wish, or that federal and state regulations on testing and quarantines could leave too much to chance, sources said.

The NBA and union are increasingly confident that enough of the league's top players are willing to participate in the All-Star Game during a tight midseason break in this condensed pandemic schedule, sources said.

Outside of the conference finals and NBA Finals, the All-Star Game is traditionally at the top of fan engagement for the league -- another motivating factor to salvage the event this season. The raw financial impact of playing the game is immediately unclear. Because the league reduced the regular season by 10 games and doesn't have a separate All-Star Game television deal, the league could also have generated more revenue on the season by filling the weekend with more regular-season games.

The NBA and NBPA share roughly a 50-50 split in Basketball Related Income.

The NBA has made the All-Star Game mandatory for players in the past, but games during much of the pandemic, including the Orlando restart and the 2020-21 regular season, have included opt-out clauses. That's believed to be part of the discussions around the All-Star Game too, sources said.

The NBA has a midseason break set for March 5-10. Some teams will resume the season on March 11. The NBA is expected to release a schedule for the second half of the season in the next two to three weeks, sources tell ESPN.

NBPA president Chris Paul has been an advocate of the Atlanta All-Star Game idea, including a plan to use the game to benefit Historically Black Colleges and Universities and COVID-19 relief, sources said.

Nevertheless, this is an idea that has been met with resistance and skepticism from both players and team executives. Even with protocol safeguards around the game, many see it as an unnecessary risk for the league, players and support personnel.

The travel and safety protocols are expected to be similar to those for a regular-season NBA game -- flying in the night before on a private plane and flying out after the game. Atlanta is the home of Turner Sports, which can televise the game without its crew having to travel outside of the city.

Even a game without fans -- or with sparse, socially distanced attendance -- would still require significant travel for players, support staff and league officials in the teeth of the pandemic. The typical hosting of corporate sponsors, a significant financial component of normal All-Star Weekends, wouldn't be possible amid the pandemic.

The NBA had originally postponed a February All-Star Weekend set for Indianapolis. Indiana has since been rewarded with the 2024 All-Star Game.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants added outfield depth by acquiring LaMonte Wade Jr. from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday for right-hander Shaun Anderson.

The team announced the move hours after completing an $18.75 million, three-year contract with versatile infielder Tommy La Stella. President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said while discussing the La Stella deal that he hoped to add a left-handed-hitting outfielder. Wade can play all three positions.

Wade, 27, batted .231 in 16 games for the Twins last season while also playing at the club's alternate training site. He has appeared in 42 major league games since making his debut in 2019. He was a ninth-round selection in the 2015 amateur draft out of Maryland.

Anderson, 26, didn't have a decision in 18 relief outings during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, finishing with a 3.52 ERA.