Here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye out for throughout the day today:
1. Yankees 40-man move incoming:
The Yankees officially announced their move to re-sign Cody Bellinger on a five-year pact yesterday, restoring their lineup to where it was last season in conjunction with the returns of Trent Grisham and Amed Rosario. The team did so without announcing a corresponding 40-man move, however. That means New York will have to clear a roster spot in the near future to accommodate the addition of Bellinger. That could come by way of a simple DFA to clear a roster spot, though it’s also possible that New York could try to clear a roster spot by working out a minor trade that sends a 40-man player out for non-roster talent or cash.
2. DFA resolutions expected:
A handful of players who have recently been designated for assignment are expected to have their situations resolved today. Nationals righty Andry Lara, Rangers righty Dom Hamel, and Marlins right-hander Osvaldo Bido were all pushed off their respective team’s 40-man roster last week. Bido was moved to make room for Miami’s acquisition of Bradley Blalock, while D.C. parted ways with Lara to make room for a waiver claim of Mickey Gasper. Hamel was squeezed out of the mix in Texas by the club’s signing of righty Jakob Junis. Hamel and Lara both made their big league debuts last year and have ten combined relief appearances in the majors, while Bido has a career 5.07 ERA in parts of three MLB seasons. All three players have now been in DFA limbo for one week, and either a waiver claim or outright assignment should be expected in short order.
3. MLBTR chat today:
Pitchers and catchers will begin reporting in just a couple of weeks, but some offseason questions still remain. Framber Valdez and Eugenio Suárez are among the top free agents still available, while the trade market still holds intriguing talents like Brendan Donovan, CJ Abrams and Mark Vientos who could still be moved. If you’re wondering what’s left for your favorite team to do before spring begins or simply looking for the latest hot stove buzz, MLBTR’s Steve Adams has you covered with a live chat scheduled for 1pm CT today. Readers can use this link to ask a question in advance, follow along when the chat begins, and read the transcript after the chat concludes.
Heck yeah
I know. I’m excited about those DFA resolutions too!
Who are the Yankees gonna DFA?
gotta be Judge or Cole
Was thinking the same… Maybe both to be safe. Thanks for confirming!
@WideWorldofSports
You jest, but it’s a pretty reasonable move.
Hal mentioned earlier in the offseason that the Yankees were struggling financially. There were rumours that he even consulted with some bankruptcy lawyers about next steps with the Yankee organization.
Getting someone to take the Judge or Cole contracts off their hands would go along way to keeping the Yankees solvent and staving off the need for bankruptcy proceedings. Dark days in the big apple for sure.
Or maybe I also jest.
Bunch of jesters today
I’m holding out hope on a Cade Winquest and Anthony Volpe for Fernando Tatis Jr. trade.
So not enough.
a .212 hitter with 150 strikeouts….and a 25 year old minor league arm. but please…..hold out hope
Hope and some duct tape are all Yankees fans have after this offseason. /s
If you had to look that up, you took my post way too seriously. If you knew it off the top of your head, I’m impressed.
Keep holding your breath too, Joe! Let’s see what happens first…
Love MLBTR chat. Thanks for doing one back to back days.
Hello, hello, I wanted to put this out again as folks tend to skip over news, but the Opener is the best spot for this.
Taking a tally of folks that may want to join a MLBTR Fans Yahoo Fantasy Baseball League. I’d be running it, and it would be free. My preference is a 12 team league, but if there’s a lot of interest I can go higher.
If you liked or commented on yesterday’s post in the Opener comment section, no need to do so again, this is just for folks that missed it. So if interested LMK!
MLBTR, I’d love a to get your blessing on this. LMK!
-Salzilla
Is this not an AD?
Sal, while it would be fun but people need skin in the game to stay interested past May. Just my two .02.
@Sal —I’d be interested
As proffered before, I’m in Sal!
There are a couple of reclamation hard throwing arms like Jayvien Sandridge and Kervin Castro that they probably want to hang on to. Brent Headrick is a lefty with good stuff they should have in camp. Then recent acquisitions like Winquest, Spanish and Luciano are guys I assume they have plans for this year. Braden Shewmake is a utility guy whose scouting report says good things about but he was drafted way back in 2019 and with guys like Caballero, Rosario and Cabrera on the 40 they might try and slide him thru waiver claims and send him to AAA.
I think it could be Vivas. He looked incapable of ever being a major leaguer when he got called up.
Yeah, I’m kinda done with Vivas. The guys they picked on waivers more recently are more intriguing to me at this point like Luciano and Siani.