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The Los Angeles Dodgers are closing in on a one-year settlement with free agent starting pitcher James Paxton on Monday evening, sources told ESPN, confirming a quantity of reports. Paxton’s deal, which is still pending the completion of a physical exam, would pay him about $11 million in guaranteed cash, a source conversant in the negotiations mentioned. A 35-year-old left-hander with a checkered damage history, Paxton made solely six starts from 2020 to 2022 after undergoing a procedure to repair a herniated disc and take away a cyst from his back, as nicely as Tommy John surgery. Paxton returned in May 2023, nearly 25 months after his elbow surgery, and ultimately went 7-5 with a four.50 ERA in 19 starts for the Boston Red Sox, hanging out one hundred and one batters and issuing 33 walks in 96 innings. Paxton posted a 2.73 ERA in 10 starts within the first half but struggled via a 6.98 ERA in 9 begins during the second half, which saw him miss virtually everything of September with knee… Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. reached a plea deal in a New York City court docket Tuesday in the case involving his former girlfriend …