After one of the offseason’s biggest trades last night, here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye out for throughout the day today:
1. Cardinals press conference:
The Cardinals pulled off the aforementioned major deal yesterday. They sent Brendan Donovan to the Mariners as part of a three-way trade involving Tampa Bay, and in return received a haul of prospects and draft picks headlined by right-hander Jurrangelo Cijntje. As noted by Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat, president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom is scheduled to hold a press conference at 11:15 am CT to discuss the trade. That figures to offer additional insight into the club’s negotiations regarding Donovan, and perhaps an update on future plans regarding other trade pieces (such as lefty reliever JoJo Romero) or free agent additions as Spring Training draws closer.
2. Arb Decisions to be handed down:
Arbitration hearings are underway, and yesterday saw panels listen to cases for Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish and Astros catcher Yainer Diaz. The Associated Press reports that decisions on both cases are expected to come today. Bradish filed at $3.55MM while Baltimore filed at $2.875MM. Diaz and the Astros, meanwhile, had a larger differential between their filing figures as Diaz landed at $4.5MM while Houston countered at $3MM. Edwin Uceta and Dylan Lee have both also been through their hearings, but decisions on those cases aren’t expected until later in the process because they’d potentially impact ongoing hearings. That leaves Bradish and Diaz to be the first cases resolved in this year’s slate. Teams won five of the nine cases that went to hearings last year, though players won seven of 12 cases in 2024.
3. MLBTR Chat today:
Pitchers and catchers will begin reporting later this month, but some offseason questions still remain. Framber Valdez and Zac Gallen are among the top free agents still available, and while yesterday’s Donovan trade took the last major trade piece off of the market, a surprise deal can never be ruled out. 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 1:00 pm 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.
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Red Sox Truck Day was yesterday!!!
Feb 10 is when they begin reporting …. can’t wait!
Fever,
You got some new faces coming into camp too, I bet you’re excited to see the new team additions lol
I think Chaim will still be able to trade Romero before the season starts. Some team will unfortunately suffer an injury during Spring Training and they’ll be calling the Cardinals.
Acoss – Hopefully Bloom is smart enough to keep Liberatore, I think he will have a breakout season this year.
This is Libby’s make or break season along with Walker and Gorman. Gorman needs to play the whole season no matter what to see what we got and Walker shouldn’t even break camp unless he’s batting .500 all spring. I also want to see blaze jordan get a shot as a outfielder
probably not a reason someone would come calling… relievers are typically replaced in house
I hope they cards trade romero. Can’t imagine his value gets any higher. I’d also trade burleson and a catcher. I could see a team like the padres being intrested in burleson, pages and romero with the cards taking back croneworth and some decent prospects. Hoping for a rebound from croneworth, then flipping him too
Why would the cards want/need cronenworth in a total rebuild? Jake Cronenworth just had a better season than the last 2 so I am not sure what you are talking about rebound.
None of those players are good enough to trade for from a padres perspective. Except for Romero but we are full on good relievers.
I’d really like the O’s to get him. Need a 1B ? Lol. I’d give a prospect maybe in 8-14 range, plus mountcastle and pay 75% of his salary
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I think the Cardinals got a good young pitcher from Seattle but I think that he needs to decide which arm he pitches best with and refine his mechanics I looked up his minor league stats and discovered that he had a lot of wild pitches and hit batters although no one has ever thrown a pitch will both hands I tried bowling with both hands when I had been drinking and believe me when I say this I’m no Jason Bellmonte lol
Started watching baseball when older men could talk about watching Babe Ruth. Now I’m the old guy, But baseball is always young.
Seems like a light return for a versatile, well above league average player with two years of control. I’m surprised Giants, Phillies, Yankees, Jays couldn’t/wouldn’t beat this offer.