The Cleveland Browns are signing safety Grant Delpit to a three-year, $48 million contract extension that includes $35 million in guaranteed money, ESPN and NFL Network reported on Wednesday.

Delpit, 27, was entering the last year of a three-year, $36 million extension signed in 2023 that has no more guaranteed salary. He now will be under contract through the 2029 season.

The Browns, who traded reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams last month, have reportedly over the last two days extended the contracts of Delpit and cornerback Denzel Ward, their two longest-tenured players.

Five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Ward agreed on a two-year, $62.2 million contract extension that includes $52.3 million guaranteed, ESPN and NFL Network reported on Tuesday.

Ward, 29, had two years left on a five-year, $100.5 million contract extension signed in 2022, though it includes no further guaranteed money. He will earn $31.1 million annually, making him the highest-paid defensive back in league history for the second time in his career.

Cleveland selected Delpit in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of LSU.

Delpit totaled 89 tackles, three sacks, four tackles for loss, seven quarterback hits, one interception, four passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 17 games (16 starts) last season.

For his career, Delpit has 451 tackles, seven interceptions, 6.5 sacks, 25 tackles for loss, 17 QB hits, 21 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 78 games (68 starts) since 2021.

–Field Level Media

Carson Benge had two hits Wednesday afternoon, including the go-ahead run-scoring double in the seventh inning, as the host New York Mets edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the first game of a split doubleheader.

A.J. Ewing and Francisco Lindor walked against Dylan Dodd (1-1) and Ewing moved to third on Bo Bichette’s flyout before he scored on Benge’s double.

Benge was the lone player with multiple hits for the Mets, who have won three consecutive games. New York scored twice in the fifth, when Francisco Alvarez ripped an RBI double and Ewing lofted a sacrifice fly.

Ewing singled and stole two bases while Jared Young and Brett Baty added a hit apiece.

Huascar Brazoban, the second of four Mets pitchers, tossed a 1-2-3 seventh. Luke Weaver worked around a single in the eighth and Devin Williams earned his 15th save in the ninth, when he gave up a two-out single to Mauricio Dubon before whiffing Austin Riley.

Starter Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings.

Matt Olson had a two-run homer in the sixth for the Braves, who have lost three of four. Eli White and Drake Baldwin collected two hits apiece.

Atlanta’s AJ Smith-Shawver finished his comeback from Tommy John surgery by giving up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings. Smith-Shawver underwent the operation June 9, 2025, 11 days after he was injured while pitching against the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Mets took a short-lived lead in the bottom of the fifth,. Tyrone Taylor worked a leadoff walk against Smith-Shawver and moved to third on Baty’s single before trotting home on Alvarez’s double. Baty came home on Ewing’s sacrifice fly, which ended Smith-Shawver’s afternoon.

The Braved immediately rallied in the sixth, when Baldwin hit a leadoff double before Olson homered.

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Right-hander Trey Yesavage pitched a strong 6 2/3 innings Wednesday afternoon and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Washington Nationals 5-2.

Yesavage (5-5) allowed one run, three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in the rubber match of a three-game series. Right-hander Louis Varland allowed a walk and a single in two innings to earn his 23rd save.

Kazuma Okamoto had three hits with a two-run double for the Blue Jays, who completed a 3-3 road trip.

Center fielder Daulton Varsho made a leaping catch at the wall on a drive by Brady House in the bottom of the first.

Washington took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. CJ Abrams led off with a walk, advanced to third on two groundouts and trotted home when Jacob Young looped a double to left.

Washington starter Zack Littell allowed no runs, four hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Toronto tied the game in the sixth against right-hander Max Kranick. George Springer led off with a walk, took second on a groundout and scored on Ernie Clement’s double to left that a sliding left fielder Daylen Lile just failed to catch. The inning continued when Andres Gimenez was hit by a pitch. Right-hander Eddy Yean replaced Kranick and ended the threat.

Toronto took a 2-1 lead against right-hander Orlando Ribalto (0-2) in the seventh. Okamoto and Alejandro Kirk blooped singles to put runners at the corners with two outs. Okamoto scored when Varsho dribbled an infield hit to third.

The Blue Jays added three in the eighth against righty Paxton Schultz. Davis Schneider doubled with one out and took third on Yohendrick Pinango’s single. Pinch runner Myles Straw stole second and Okamoto flared a two-run double to center that deflected off the glove of a diving Young. Springer stroked an RBI single. Schultz was replaced by Trevor Williams, who returned from the injured list after missing a year with right elbow surgery.

James Wood doubled against Tyler Rogers in the home eighth and scored on Luis Garcia Jr.’s single. Pinch hitter Jose Tena walked. Varland replaced Rogers. Harry Ford walked with one out to load the bases before the inning ended on a strikeout and flyout.

Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. did not play because of a tight hamstring.

–Field Level Media