With just two weeks to go until Spring Training, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1. Greinke signing expected to be made official today:
The Royals agreed to re-sign future Hall of Famer Zack Greinke yesterday to a one-year deal, and Greinke’s return will reportedly be announced officially sometime this afternoon. A corresponding move will be required to make the Greinke deal official, as the Royals have a full 40-man roster at the moment. Even in his age-39 season, Greinke will be a valuable, stabilizing presence in a Kansas City rotation which only featured one other above-average starter by measure of ERA+ last year: Brady Singer. By re-signing Greinke, the Royals have claimed one of the last quality starting pitching options on the free-agent market, leaving Michael Wacha as the last remaining starter who turned in an above average season in 2022.
2. Saucedo’s DFA comes due:
Mets lefty Tayler Saucedo was designated for assignment last week to make room for Tommy Pham on the 40-man roster, and that DFA is set to come due today. Saucedo only got 2 2/3 innings of big league playing time in 2022 as a member of the Blue Jays, though in 19 innings for Triple-A Buffalo he posted an impressive 2.37 ERA. Overall, he has posted a 5.40 ERA and 5.04 FIP across 28 1/3 innings in the big leagues. Saucedo was claimed off waivers by the Mets earlier this offseason, and could be claimed by another club today, as lefty relief options are always desirable assets. If Saucedo does pass through waivers successfully, he does not have enough service time to reject an outright assignment, meaning the Mets will be able to keep him in the organization for the foreseeable future.
3. MLBTR Chat today:
Do you have any questions regarding your favorite team or the larger baseball world as the offseason enters the home stretch? MLBTR’s Steve Adams will be fielding questions from readers today during a live chat at 1pm CT. If you would like to ask questions in advance, you can do so here. That same link will also take you to the chat when it begins if you would like to participate live.
Saucedo to the A’s
Heard Dexter Fowler retired
Yeah there is a whole post about it for you to comment on haha
I hope Saucedo goes unclaimed and sticks in the Mets organization. He’s got promise.
Agreed, good sinker/ ground ball guy but needs better movement on his FB to set up the change. If he could do that he would be effective sinker/changeup BP piece. Hope he figures it out, the change is a really good pitch.
I hope so, too. If that happens, both the Mets and the Jets will have Sauce.
@Nick Deeds: liked “future hall of famer”. Indeed. Hope he’s healthy in 23; catches on with a contender by 8/2 and contributes to their WS run to ring!
There should be a short article that John Adams died today. He’s been a huge part of Cleveland baseball for almost 50 years. RIP
Wacha will stay on the market until his asking price comes down.
Someone will pay. Use to not be that way but it’s a lock in this market
I just can’t wrap my head around how Wacha is still on the market when weeks ago the Dodgers “snatched up” Shelby Miller on a major league deal, and he wasn’t cheap! I guess the takeaway here is to suck for like 6 years straight, and you still get signed. Wacha shoulda bombed in his walk year
Wacha sucked three years in a row until last year. He’s wanting 30 million on a two year deal. Miller got 1.5 million on a one year deal. The real take away is don’t suck if you want an 8 figure salary.