NEW YORK -- Mets second baseman Neil Walker and Philadelphia pitcher Jeremy Hellickson have accepted $17.2 million qualifying offers, giving up free agency to stay with their teams.Eight other free agents did not accept the offers from their former teams by Mondays 5 p.m. EST deadline: outfielders Jose Bautista (Toronto), Yoenis Cespedes (Mets), Ian Desmond (Texas), Dexter Fowler (Chicago Cubs) and Mark Trumbo (Baltimore), designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion (Toronto); closer Kenley Jansen (Los Angeles Dodgers); and third baseman Justin Turner (Dodgers).Walker and Hellickson are signed players with Mondays decisions and could be eligible for free agency again after next season.Happy to say Im back in Orange and Blue for 2017!! Lets go Mets! Walker tweeted on Monday.The Mets got Walker in a trade with Pittsburgh last December. He hit .282 with 23 homers and 55 RBI in 113 games with New York before his season was cut short by back surgery.The 31-year-old Walker, a first-round pick in the 2004 amateur draft, broke into the majors with the Pirates in 2009 and is a .273 hitter with 116 homers and 473 RBI in 949 career games.Hellickson was traded from Arizona to Philadelphia last November. The 29-year-old right-hander went 12-10 with a 3.71 ERA in 32 starts for the lowly Phillies this year.Joe Jimenez Jersey . Still, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke thought taking him out before the fifth inning was an unusual move. "Im looking up at the board and hes got two hits given up and one run, and Im taking him out after the fourth inning," Roenicke said. Gregory Soto Jersey . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. https://www.cheaptigers.com/1479z-barney-mccosky-jersey-tigers.html . Mitch Holmberg added a goal and three assists. Connor Chartier also scored for the Chiefs (3-0-0). Luke Harrison spoiled Garrett Hughsons shutout bid with a power-play goal at 13:17 of the third period. The Spokane goaltender finished with 28 saves, including a Brandon Fushimi penalty shot in the second period that would have tied the game 1-1. Charlie Maxwell Jersey . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Jim Leyland Jersey .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later.ARCADIA, Calif. -- Ashleyluvssugar won the $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship by a half-length Sunday at Santa Anita.Ridden by Gary Stevens, Ashleyluvssugar ran 1 1/4 miles in 1:58.35 and paid $8.80, $5 and $3.40 as the 3-1 third choice.Texas Ryano returned $15.80 and $10 at 14-1 odds, while Twentytwentyvision was another nose back in third and paid $4.80 to show.Metaboss, the 5-2 favorite, finished fourth in the Grade 2 race.Ashleyluvssugar was second to longshot El Huerfano all the way until taking command three-sixteenths of a mile from the wire.The victory, worth $120,000, increased Ashleyluvssugars career earnings tto $847,504, with eight wins in 17 starts.ddddddddddddThe 5-year-old gelding will make his next start in the Breeders Cup Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 5.Hes not very big but hes full of energy, does his job and he loves Santa Anita, Stevens said.It was Ashleyluvssugars second win in a row and fourth in seven starts on Santa Anitas turf course.This is his kind of track, trainer Peter Eurton said. Youve got to think this horse is just full of heart. When hes healthy like he is right now, hes great. ' ' '