baseball | Roundup

Brewers: Milwaukee agreed to terms with free-agent shortstop Alex Gonzalez, filling one of their biggest offseason needs. The Brewers’ deal with Gonzalez is for one year with a vesting option. The 34-year-old Gonzalez played 149 games for the Atlanta Braves last season, hitting .241 with 15 home runs and 56 RBIs. He committed 12 errors. He’s expected to take the place of Yuniesky Betancourt, who was acquired in the Brewers’ blockbuster trade with Kansas City for Zack Greinke last offseason. Betancourt batted .252 with 13 home run and 68 RBIs in 152 games for Milwaukee last season.

Cubs: Chicago acquired third baseman Ian Stewart and right-handed reliever Casey Weathers from the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Tyler Colvin and infielder D.J. LeMahieu. Stewart, who hit 25 homers in 2009 and 18 more in 2010 for the Rockies, slumped last season when he split time Colorado and Triple-A. In 48 games with the Rockies he batted .156 without a homer in 122 at-bats and was bothered by a sprained left wrist late last season.

Barry Bonds: Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send former baseball slugger Barry Bonds to prison. In court documents filed late Thursday, prosecutors objected to a recommendation by a federal probation officer that Bonds get only probation when he’s sentenced for obstruction of justice on Dec. 16. In the documents, prosecutors are asking that Bonds be sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Associated Press