Breslow: Red Sox Aren’t Close On Additional Extensions
2024/04/breslow-red-sox-arent-close-on-additional-extensions.htmlAs shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker, the Sox are the only team to extend more than one pre-arbitration player since the start of last offseason. … Casas indicated he's taking a hands-off approach, telling his representatives that while they're free to continue discussions during the season, he's not interested in being updated each time the sides float contract parameters.
Red Sox Extend Ceddanne Rafaela
2024/04/red-sox-ceddanne-rafaela-extension.htmlAs shown in MLBTR's Contract Tracker, the pre-arbitration extensions for Rafalea and Bello mark a notable change in philosophy from a Red Sox club that has eschewed long-term deals for players who are relatively unproven in the big leagues. … Maybe they've become increasingly dissatisfied with pricey free-agent deals that haven't gone to plan (e.g.
Phillies Sign José Godoy, Beau Burrows To Minor League Deals
2024/04/phillies-sign-jose-godoy-beau-burrows-to-minor-league-deals.htmlThe Phillies have signed catcher Jose Godoy and right-hander Beau Burrows to minor league deals, per the transaction tracker of each player at MLB.com.
Dodgers Outright Nabil Crismatt
2024/04/dodgers-outright-nabil-crismatt.htmlThe pitcher has the right to reject this assignment and elect free agency but his transactions tracker at MLB.com says he has been activated by OKC, which seems to suggest he has accepted.
Mariners Release Cory Abbott
2024/04/mariners-release-cory-abbott.htmlThe Mariners released right-hander Cory Abbott yesterday, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. … He's now a free agent and can be signed by any club.
Dodgers Sign Will Smith To Ten-Year Extension
2024/03/dodgers-will-smith-working-on-long-term-extension.htmlPer MLBTR's Contract Tracker, which has data going back to the 2009-10 offseason, no backstop has ever signed a deal longer than eight years. … He would have been eligible for another pass at arbitration in 2025 before qualifying for free agency after his age-30 season, but the Dodgers have locked him up instead.
Nationals Release Lewin Díaz
2024/03/nationals-release-lewin-diaz.htmlThe Nationals have released first baseman Lewin Diaz, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com.
Dodgers Outright Andre Lipcius
2024/03/dodgers-outright-andre-lipcius.htmlInfielder Andre Lipcius has been outrighted by the Dodgers to Triple-A Oklahoma City, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com. … Players with at least three years of service time or a previous career outright can reject a further outright assignment in favor of free agency.
Offseason In Review: Pittsburgh Pirates
2024/03/offseason-in-review-pittsburgh-pirates-15.htmlAs shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker, the largest deals given out by the club since Ben Cherington took over as general manager in November of 2019 have all been extensions. … Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh bolstered its bullpen with a surprising $10.5MM splash on Aroldis Chapman, which actually counts as their largest free agent deal of the winter.
Reds Release Tony Kemp
2024/03/reds-release-tony-kemp.htmlThe Reds have released infielder/outfielder Tony Kemp, per his transactions tracker at MLB.com. … Kemp is now a free agent again and will look around to find his next gig.
Jackson Chourio To Make Brewers’ Opening Day Roster
2024/03/jackson-chourio-to-make-brewers-opening-day-roster.htmlAs shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker, that's by far the largest guarantee for a player who had yet to make his MLB debut.
Latest On Michael Lorenzen’s Market
2024/03/latest-on-michael-lorenzens-market.htmlAs shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker, five starting pitchers have signed one-year guarantees between $3MM and $9MM this offseason. … With Opening Day less than two weeks off, Michael Lorenzen stands as arguably the #3 starting pitcher on the free agent market.
Angels, Mets Remain Engaged With J.D. Martinez
2024/03/angels-mets-remain-engaged-with-j-d-martinez.htmlMLBTR's Contract Tracker shows that Anderson's three-year, $39MM is the largest the Angels have given to a starting pitcher since 2012, both in terms of years and guaranteed dollars. … Regular season baseball is just over the horizon but many free agents remain unsigned.
Offseason In Review: Houston Astros
2024/03/offseason-in-review-houston-astros-15.htmlAs shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker, the Hader deal was the first time the Astros stretched to five years on a free agent since Crane purchased the franchise in 2011. … Michael Brantley (who eventually announced his retirement), Martin Maldonado and the relief trio of Hector Neris, Phil Maton and Ryne Stanek were Houston's only free agents of note.
Red Sox Sign Brayan Bello To Extension
2024/03/red-sox-brayan-bello-in-advanced-talks-on-extension.htmlAs shown in MLBTR's Contract Tracker, Bello is just the fifth pitcher with between one and two years of MLB service time to sign an extension in the past eight years. … Bello had previously been controllable through the 2028 season, but the Sox have locked in one would-be free agent year and also secured a club option for a second season that's said to be valued at $21MM.
Phillies Sign Zack Wheeler To Extension
2024/03/phillies-zack-wheeler-contract-extension.htmlAs shown in MLBTR's Contract Tracker, that $42MM annual rate is the largest on any contract extension in the sport's history and the fourth-largest AAV on any contract ever, placing Wheeler only behind Shohei Ohtani, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander. … Barring a one final, surprising splash on the free agent or trade market, the Phillies have other depth options in house.
Giants Place Tristan Beck On 60-Day Injured List
2024/03/tristan-beck-to-undergo-surgery-to-address-aneurysm-in-upper-arm.htmlThe club has generally avoided spending on pitching, with the four-year deal for Hicks being the longest since Farhan Zaidi became president of baseball operations in November of 2018, as shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker. … If the Giants decide they need to add to this group, there are still options available in free agency.
Angels Notes: Wantz, Stephenson, Suarez
2024/02/angels-rumors-andrew-wantz-starter-robert-stephenson-injury.htmlAs shown in MLBTR's Contract Tracker, last year's three-year, $39MM deal with Tyler Anderson was the first time the Halos inked a free agent pitcher to a multi-year deal since Joe Blanton's two-year deal in 2012. … The free agent market is still rife with options, including top names like Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery, in addition to solid mid-rotation/back-end arms like Mike Clevinger and Michael Lorenzen.
Red Sox Sign Jason Alexander To Minor League Deal
2024/02/red-sox-sign-jason-alexander-to-minor-league-deal.htmlThe Red Sox have signed right-hander Jason Alexander to a minor league deal, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. … He was not added back to the roster at season's end and was able to elect free agency.
J.D. Martinez Turned Down Offer From Giants
2024/02/j-d-martinez-turned-down-offer-from-giants.htmlAs the Contract Tracker indicates, this winter's signings of Jung Ho Lee and Jordan Hicks marked the first time that Zaidi signed a player to a deal of four or more years. … Soler and Martinez weren't far apart on MLBTR's list of the offseason's top 50 free agents, as Soler was ranked 16th and Martinez 20th.
Pirates Extend Mitch Keller
2024/02/pirates-mitch-keller-extension-five-years.htmlA look at MLBTR's Contract Tracker shows several other comps of note, including Kyle Freeland's five-year, $64.5MM deal with the Rockies. … It's unlikely the Pirates ever dive into the deep end of the free agent market.
Red Sox, Brayan Bello Discussing Extension
2024/02/red-sox-rumors-brayan-bello-extension.htmlContract extensions for starting pitchers in this service bracket have been surprisingly rare in recent years, as shown in MLBTR's Contract Tracker. … A six-year deal and club option would keep him under club control through his age-31 year and position him to become a free agent entering his age-32 season.
Kyle Tucker On Extension: Some Talks But No Offer
2024/02/kyle-tucker-on-extension-some-talks-but-no-offer.htmlMLBTR's Contract Tracker shows just two position players with between four and five years of service time have received nine-figure extensions since the start of 2015. … Those expiring deals may open up some spending room for the club but will also require them to produce replacements for those key players, which may involve signing free agents.
Minter: No Extension Talks With Braves
2024/02/minter-no-extension-talks-with-braves.htmlAs shown on MLBTR's Contract Tracker, since Alex Anthopoulos was hired in November of 2017 to lead the baseball operations department, the club has given eight-figure deals to Will Smith, Joe Jimenez, Kenley Jansen, Pierce Johnson, Chris Martin and Collin McHugh. … Minter is now a year away from free agency but he tells Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he hasn't heard from the Braves about an extension, though the Excel Sports Management client would like to stay.
Angels Hoping To Add To Rotation
2024/02/angels-hoping-to-add-to-rotation.htmlMLBTR's Contract Tracker shows that the largest contract the Angels have given a starting pitching since the start of 2012 is the three years and $39MM they gave Anderson. … Other notable remaining free agent starters are Mike Clevinger, Hyun Jin Ryu, Eric Lauer, Noah Syndergaard, Rich Hill, Zack Greinke…