White Sox Sign Rafael Ortega To Minor League Deal
The White Sox signed Rafael Ortega to a minor league contract last week, as reflected on the MLB.com transaction log and the outfielder’s Instagram page. It’s likely he’ll be in MLB camp as a non-roster invitee to Spring Training.
Ortega is looking to get back to the majors for a fourth straight season and an eighth campaign overall. The left-handed hitter has appeared for six different teams. The only time he spanned multiple seasons with the same club came on the other side of Chicago. Ortega was a Cub between 2021-22, operating as their starting center fielder and leadoff hitter for a time.
Those years on the North Side have been Ortega’s most productive to date. He combined for a solid .265/.344/.408 batting line in just over 700 plate appearances. That made it moderately surprising both that the Cubs non-tendered him last offseason and that he was forced to settle for a minor league deal with the Yankees.
Ortega didn’t secure an outfield spot in the Bronx, kicking off a nomadic 2023. He was granted his release from the Yankees. A minor league pact with the Rangers also didn’t get Ortega back to the majors. He signed another non-roster pact, this time with the Mets, in mid-June. After New York fell out of contention and traded Mark Canha and Tommy Pham at the deadline, they brought Ortega to the majors.
He didn’t hit at the level he had with the Cubs. Ortega reached base at a solid .341 clip but only hit one home run over 136 plate appearances. His .213/.341/.272 slash was well below average. New York outrighted him off the 40-man roster at the end of the year, the equivalent of an early non-tender.
For the second straight spring, Ortega will try to secure a roster spot in Spring Training. The 32-year-old can play all three outfield spots but is a better fit in a corner than in center field. Chicago has Luis Robert Jr. locked into center and Andrew Benintendi set for a bounceback opportunity in left. Right field, where the Sox got a .219/.271/.344 showing last year, is wide open. As thing stand, Óscar Colás and Gavin Sheets project to split time.
General manager Chris Getz acknowledged on Tuesday the front office could add a more established option. Ortega shouldn’t stand in the way of that pursuit. The transaction tracker indicates his deal was signed on January 5, even if it wasn’t officially logged until yesterday. Getz was surely aware Ortega was part of the organization before Tuesday’s comments about a potential right field acquisition. Brett Phillips, Wynton Bernard and Mark Payton are also in the organization as non-roster players.
Andre Jackson Signs With NPB’s Yokohama BayStars
Andre Jackson has signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the team announced. The move comes a few weeks after he was designated for assignment and released by the Pirates.
Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported at the time that the DFA was a mutual decision to permit him to pursue an NPB opportunity. It wasn’t then clear with what team the 6’3″ righty would be signing. That’ll be a BayStars club that also recently added lefty Anthony Kay.
Jackson, 27, has spent the past seven years in affiliated ball. Drafted by the Dodgers in 2017, the University of Utah product reached the majors in ’21. He logged 39 innings over parts of three seasons with Los Angeles, working to a 4.15 ERA. The Dodgers DFA him and flipped him to the Pirates for cash in late June.
While Jackson had pitched exclusively in relief in L.A., the Pirates used him out of the rotation at times. Jackson started seven of 12 appearances in black and gold. He turned in a 4.33 ERA across 43 2/3 innings. His 23% strikeout rate was solid, but he also walked almost 11% of opponents. Command has been the main question throughout his career. He has walked 12.7% of batters faced while fanning just under 26% of hitters in his minor league tenure.
Jackson is out of minor league options and wasn’t firmly established on the MLB roster. Had he stayed in Pittsburgh, there was a decent chance they’d have tried to run him through outright waivers at some point. Jackson instead locks in a guaranteed salary in NPB, where he might get a full season working from the rotation. He’s certainly young enough to reemerge as an option for MLB teams in future offseasons.
Mets Designate Diego Castillo For Assignment
The Mets have designated infielder Diego Castillo for assignment, tweets Will Sammon of the Athletic. That clears the necessary 40-man roster spot for left-hander Sean Manaea, whose two-year deal was finalized.
New York claimed Castillo off waivers from the Diamondbacks a week ago. It might prove an exceedingly brief stay in the organization for the right-handed hitter. The Mets will have to trade Castillo or put him on waivers themselves within the next seven days.
The 26-year-old spent almost all of last season in Triple-A. Arizona acquired Castillo in a minor trade with the Pirates over the 2022-23 offseason. They kept him on optional assignment to their top affiliate in Reno for all but one game. The 5’10” middle infielder had a solid year for the Aces, hitting .313/.431/.410 through 556 plate appearances. Castillo only hit three home runs in a very favorable offensive environment, but he demonstrated strong strike zone discipline. He walked at a massive 17.4% rate while striking out just 14.2% of the time.
It was a reversal from his 2022 MLB work in Pittsburgh. Castillo connected on 11 homers in 283 plate appearances (roughly half a season) as a rookie. He hit .206 with a meager .251 on-base percentage in that time, largely because of a poor strikeout and walk profile. Castillo walked less than 5% of the time while striking out in nearly 27% of his plate appearances as a big leaguer.
Castillo has been more of a hit-over-power player over an eight-year professional career. He’s a .276/.346/.373 hitter in the minors. He spent the bulk of that time in the Yankees system before being traded to Pittsburgh in what turned out to be a lopsided 2021 deal sending Clay Holmes to the Bronx.
Twins, Hobie Harris Agree To Minor League Deal
The Twins and right-hander Hobie Harris have agreed to a minor league deal, per MLB Transactions Daily on Instagram. The Gaeta Sports Management client will make a salary of $750K if he cracks the major league roster.
Harris, 31 in June, made his major league debut in 2023 after almost a decade grinding away in the minor leagues. He was originally drafted by the Yankees in 2015 and finally made it to the show with the Nationals last year. He tossed 19 1/3 innings over 16 appearances with a 5.12 earned run average. His 9.9% strikeout rate and 14.4% walk rate were both well worse than league averages.
In addition to that major league work, he also tossed 32 1/3 innings at the Triple-A level. Despite a 5.57 ERA there, his peripherals were better than in the majors, but still subpar. He struck out 15.2% of Triple-A hitters on the year while walking 12%. The Nationals outrighted him off the roster at season’s end and he elected free agency.
Harris is not too far removed from some pretty strong showings at the minor league level. With the Jays in 2021 and Brewers in 2022, he tossed a combined 96 2/3 Triple-A innings with a 2.89 ERA and 27.4% strikeout rate, though the walks were still high at 12.6%.
The Twins will bring him aboard as some non-roster depth and see if he can get back into that form he showed prior to 2023. If he’s able to get onto their roster at any point, he still has a couple of option years remaining. The club lost relievers like Emilio Pagán and Dylan Floro to free agency and is now facing a budget crunch this winter due to uncertainty in their broadcast situation. The major league minimum salary is set to be $740K next year and Harris will barely be above that if he has his contract is selected at any point.
Harris is currently second all-time in wins above replacements among Hobies, with both Baseball Reference and FanGraphs having Hobie Landrith slightly ahead.
Charlie Culberson Attempting To Become Pitcher, Re-Signs With Braves On Minors Deal
Charlie Culberson has re-signed with the Braves on a minor league deal and will report to minor league camp as a pitcher, per reports from Jon Heyman of The New York Post and Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Culberson, 35 in April, has served as a utility player in the majors for over a decade now. He debuted with the Giants back in 2012 and has since suited up for the Rockies, Dodgers, Braves and Rangers, getting into 590 games in his career. He’s never been a huge threat at the plate, having hit .248/.293/.385 overall for a wRC+ of 76, but he has generally received strong defensive grades while lining up at every position on the diamond except catcher and center field.
That includes some brief stints on the mound, which have gone well. He has tossed 7 1/3 innings over his eight appearances in the big leagues, allowing just one earned run, three walks and seven hits while striking out one opponent. He also made four appearances in Triple-A last year, allowing two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings, with five strikeouts and two walks. As noted by Toscano, Culberson was clocked at 93.7 miles per hour in an appearance back in 2018. In Triple-A last year, he hit 93.1.
Perhaps focusing on pitching full-time will allow him to push that velocity further, or maybe it will be harder for him to maintain it with a larger workload. Attempting to suddenly become a pitcher on the cusp of one’s 35th birthday is obviously an unusual path but there’s some logic to it for Culberson. He would have been hard-pressed to find a meaningful role as a utility player going forward. In 2023, he had two separate month-long stints on the big league roster in Atlanta but received just one major league plate appearance for the year. Incidentally, he got a single and finished the year with a slash line of 1.000/1.000/1.000 and a wRC+ of 475. But instead of languishing on the bench or in the minors again, he’ll take a different path.
It will also be fun storyline for supporters of the club. Culberson has become something of a fan favorite over his many stints with Atlanta and he’ll now set his sights on a new and surprising task.
KBO’s NC Dinos Sign Matt Davidson
Matt Davidson has signed with the NC Dinos of the KBO League, reports Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News. The infielder will have a salary of $560K, plus a $140K signing bonus and $300K of incentives.
Davidson, 33 in March, has received scattered MLB action, appearing in six seasons over the 2013 to 2022 timeframe. He played in 311 big league games over that decade-long stretch, suiting up for the Diamondbacks, White Sox, Reds and Athletics. He struck out in 34.3% of his plate appearances but also launched 54 home runs. The combined result was a .220/.290/.430 batting line and 93 wRC+.
His Triple-A track record has been much stronger, as he has hit .253/.335/.479 at that level over eight separate seasons, hitting 163 home runs in 3,236 plate appearances. That likely helped him secure a job in Japan last year, as he joined the Hiroshima Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2023 season. He hit 19 home runs in his 381 plate appearances for that club but his overall line of .210/.273/.425 suggests it was a power-only performance. He struck out in 31.5% of his trips to the plate last year while walking just 5.8% of the time.
Despite the strikeouts, Davidson’s power bat is clearly a threat and it has intrigued the Dinos. This will complete the club’s foreign player allotment, as KBO clubs are limited to three such slots. They previously signed pitchers Daniel Castano and Kyle Hart.
Mets Claim Max Kranick From Pirates
The Mets have claimed right-hander Max Kranick off waivers from the Pirates, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. The righty was designated for assignment by the Bucs a week ago when they needed a roster spot to sign Martín Pérez. The Mets have a full roster and will need to make a corresponding move for Kranick, and will need to open another when they make their signing of Sean Manaea official.
Kranick, 26, will now join just the second organization of his career. He was drafted by the Pirates and has been a part of that organization until this transaction. He made his major league debut with nine starts in 2021, posting a 6.28 earned run average in 38 2/3 innings. He made two relief appearances for the club in 2022 but required Tommy John surgery in June of that year, wiping out the rest of the season and most of 2023. He was healthy enough to return to the mound late in 2023, making a few minor league starts in August and September.
There’s obviously not much major league track record to go on and the surgery has prevented him from pitching meaningful innings in the minors of late. But he has thrown 344 1/3 innings on the farm overall with a 3.55 ERA. He has only struck out 19.5% of minor league hitters but has only given out walks at a modest 6.2% clip.
He is now out of options, which suggest the Mets are either planning to keep him on their active roster or will attempt to run him through waivers in the future. The Mets already have a rotation composed of Manaea, Luis Severino, Kodai Senga, José Quintana and Adrian Houser, with Tylor Megill and Joey Lucchesi on hand as optionable depth. David Peterson will be in the mix once he recovers from his hip surgery. Given that rotation picture, perhaps the Mets will keep Kranick in the bullpen and see if he can find some extra strikeouts with his stuff playing up in shorter stints.
The Mets are taking something of a step back this year and have limited themselves to fairly modest moves. Manaea got a two-year deal but with an opt-out after the first season. Severino got a one-year deal, as did Harrison Bader, Joey Wendle, Jorge López, Austin Adams and Michael Tonkin. The club has also claimed Penn Murfee, Zack Short, Tyler Heineman and Cooper Hummel and now Kranick off waivers.
Taken together, those moves have filled out the pitching staff and bench as the club will look to go into 2024 with more depth. Perhaps that will help them avoid the pitfalls they fell into last year when a batch of injuries knocked them out contention, or perhaps it will simply allow someone in that batch to break out and take a step forward this year. If the club falls out of contention again and winds up engaging in another deadline selloff, they can give some extra innings or plate appearances to someone showing signs of development.
Mets, Danny Young Agree To Minor League Deal
The Mets have agreed to a minor league deal with left-handed reliever Danny Young, MLBTR has learned. He’ll be in big league camp this spring and would earn an $825K salary in the majors. Young is repped by Dynamic Sports Group.
The 29-year-old Young has seen big league time with the Mariners and Braves over the past two years, logging a combined 14 2/3 innings with a 2.45 ERA, a 25.4% strikeout rate, a 6% walk rate and a healthy 48.8% ground-ball rate. He was particularly sharp with Atlanta, yielding just one run in 11 innings as a Brave and posting a 12-to-2 K/BB ratio. However, Young missed the bulk of the 2023 season due to hip injury. He pitched just 15 2/3 Triple-A frames and 8 1/3 MLB innings before landing on the injured list and ultimately undergoing surgery.
Young has a 4.70 ERA in parts of four Triple-A seasons. He’s fanned 28% of his opponents at the top minor league level against an 11% walk rate, though his command has been better in his limited MLB looks. He has a minor league option remaining as well, so if he makes the Mets’ roster out of spring training or at any point during the 2024 season, he could be optioned freely for the remainder of the season.
The Mets are known to be on the lookout for bullpen help and have specifically been focused on adding some left-handed depth. New York reportedly had interest in former Brewers and Rockies southpaw Brent Suter, but Suter agreed to a one-year pact with his hometown Reds yesterday.
Drew VerHagen To Sign With NPB’s Nippon-Ham Fighters
Free agent right-hander Drew VerHagen is returning to the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. The Vayner Sports client is signing a two-year pact, the second season of which is a player option. He can earn close to $8MM in total over those two years, but the 33-year-old righty’s player option will ensure him an opportunity to again test MLB free agency next winter if he pitches well in his return to Japan.
It’ll be VerHagen’s second stint in Japan and his second with the Fighters. The right-hander spent the 2020-21 season with the Fighters as well, parlaying his 3.51 ERA in 207 2/3 innings there into a two-year, $5.5MM deal with the Cardinals in the 2021-22 offseason. (Anecdotally, VerHagen was the first player to sign a Major League contract after MLB’s 99-day lockout lifted.)
VerHagen’s first season in St. Louis didn’t go well, as injuries limited him to 19 appearances and 21 2/3 innings of 6.65 ERA ball. He underwent season-ending hip surgery midway through that 2022 campaign. The former Tigers righty rebounded nicely in 2023, however, piling up 61 innings out of Oli Marmol’s bullpen while notching a solid 3.98 ERA. VerHagen fanned 22.4% of his opponents against a 9.7% walk rate and kept the ball on the ground at a 42.2% clip.
VerHagen has more than five years of MLB service accrued over parts of eight seasons, but last year’s showing with the Cardinals was the best of his career. His 61 innings were a career-high, as were his 14 holds, and his 3.98 ERA was the lowest of his career outside of a 2.05 mark in 26 innings back with the 2015 Tigers.
It’s not especially common to see a player debut in the Majors, head overseas to NPB or the KBO, find success, come back to MLB, and then return to NPB or the KBO. VerHagen could take an even more atypical arc if he’s indeed able to once again leverage a strong season in Japan into another MLB offer.
Players generally don’t bounce back and forth from continent to continent in this manner, but VerHagen has primarily been a swingman and middle reliever in MLB, and that role tends to come with limited earning power. His openness to a globetrotting lifestyle could end up earning him more than $15MM when factoring in his previous two seasons with the Fighters, his two years in St. Louis, and this pending contract to return to Japan. It may not be a common course to chart, but it’s one that’s been quite lucrative for the righty.
VerHagen was a starter during his previous NPB stint, and if the Fighters plug him back into their rotation, he could conceivably use year one of this two-year pact to showcase himself as a rotation option for teams next winter. And, even if his performance dips or he incurs another injury and he chooses not to opt out, he’ll have the safety net of another strong seven-figure salary in year two of the deal.
2024 Arbitration Tracker
Today is the deadline for players and teams to exchange figures in arbitration — an annual deadline that leads to a slew of one-year deals and, typically, a handful of multi-year deals. Today should see upwards of 100 players agree to salaries for the 2024 season, although the majority of clubs and players now wait until the very last minute to agree. The deadline for agreements is noon CT, and we’ll see terms on plenty of last-minute/buzzer-beating deals filter in shortly thereafter. Players and teams that do not reach an agreement will exchange salary figures at 7pm CT tonight.
Each player’s service time is in parentheses, and you can of course check back to see each player’s projected salary from MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. We’ll keep this updated as deals come in — refresh for updates — and break off some of the larger, more prominent agreements in separate entries. All agreements are for one year unless otherwise noted.
Angels
- Griffin Canning (4.075): $2.6MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger)
- Luis Rengifo (4.043): $4.4MM agreement today (via ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel)
- Taylor Ward (3.164): Did not reach agreement, will likely exchange figures (via MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand)
- Patrick Sandoval (3.149): $5.025MM agreement today (via Bollinger)
- Jose Suarez (3.084): Did not reach agreement, figures exchanged (via Feinsand)
- Jose Quijada (3.046): $840K agreement today (via Bollinger)
Astros
- Framber Valdez (4.163): $12.1MM agreement today (via The Athletic’s Chandler Rome)
- Kyle Tucker (4.079): $12MM agreement today (via Rome)
- Jose Urquidy (4.049): $3.75MM agreement today (via Rome)
- Mauricio Dubon (3.162): Did not reach agreement, will likely exchange figures (via KPRC-2’s Ari Alexander)
- Luis Garcia (3.083): $1.875MM agreement today (via Alexander)
- Bryan Abreu (3.022): $1.75MM agreement today (via Alexander)
- Chas McCormick (3.000): $2.85MM agreement today (via Rome)
Athletics
- Sean Newcomb (4.113): $1MM agreement in November
- Miguel Andujar (4.053): $1.7MM agreement in November
- Paul Blackburn (4.018): $3.45MM agreement today (via the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser)
- Seth Brown (3.104): $2.6MM agreement today (via FanNation’s Marc Delucchi)
- Abraham Toro (3.011): $1.275MM agreement in November
Blue Jays
- Trevor Richards (5.084): $2.15MM agreement today (per The Athletic’s Kaitlin McGrath)
- Danny Jansen (5.050): $5.2MM agreement today (via FanSided’s Robert Murray)
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.157): Did not reach agreement, will file figures (per Feinsand)
- Tim Mayza (4.156): $3.59MM agreement today (via Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith)
- Cavan Biggio (4.129): $4.21MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Erik Swanson (4.096): $2.75MM agreement today (via Nicholson-Smith)
- Jordan Romano (4.051): $7.75MM agreement today (via McDaniel)
- Genesis Cabrera (4.011): $1.5125MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Jon Morosi)
- Santiago Espinal (3.149): $2.725MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Daulton Varsho (3.128): $5.65MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Alejandro Kirk (3.047): $2.8MM agreement today (via Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi)
- Nate Pearson (3.005): $800K agreement today (per McGrath)
Braves
- A.J. Minter (5.154): $6.22MM agreement today (via McDaniel)
- Max Fried (5.148): $15MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Huascar Ynoa (3.011): $825K agreement last week
Brewers
- Willy Adames (5.105): $12.25MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Corbin Burnes (5.049): $15.6375MM agreement today (via Jon Heyman of The New York Post)
- Taylor Clarke (4.120): $1.25MM agreement in November
- Hoby Milner (4.068): $2.05MM agreement yesterday
- Devin Williams (4.056): $7.25MM agreement today, including buyout of 2025 option (per Jeff Passan of ESPN)
- Jake Bauers (3.084): $1.35MM agreement today (via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Curt Hogg)
- Bryse Wilson (3.036): $1.000025MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy)
- Joel Payamps (3.027): $1.65MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
Cardinals
- Andrew Kittredge (5.070): $2.63MM agreement today (via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold)
- Tommy Edman (4.114): No agreement reached, will exchange figures, per team announcement
- Ryan Helsley (4.105): $3.8MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s John Denton)
- Dylan Carlson (3.104): $2.35MM agreement today (via Goold)
- JoJo Romero (3.045): $860K agreement today (via Feinsand)
- John King (2.148): $1.005MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
Cubs
- Yency Almonte (4.143): $1.9MM agreement in November; acquired in trade with Dodgers today
- Nick Madrigal (3.163): $1.81MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Mike Tauchman (3.143): $1.95MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Julian Merryweather (3.109): $1.175MM agreement today (via 670 The Score’s Bruce Levine)
- Patrick Wisdom (3.058): $2.725MM agreement in November
- Adbert Alzolay (3.050): $2.11MM agreement today (via ESPN’s Jesse Rogers)
- Mark Leiter Jr. (3.031): $1.5MM agreement today (via Rogers)
- Justin Steele (2.143): $4MM agreement today (via Rogers)
Diamondbacks
- Christian Walker (5.124): $10.9MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Paul Sewald (5.072): $7.35MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Zac Gallen (4.100): $10.011MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Ryan Thompson (3.095): $1.35MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Kevin Ginkel (3.032): $1.225MM agreement today (via Alexander)
- Joe Mantiply (3.029): $925K agreement today (via Feinsand)
Dodgers
- Walker Buehler (5.168): $8.025MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Ryan Yarbrough (5.117): $3.9MM agreement today (via McDaniel)
- Caleb Ferguson (5.093): $2.4MM agreement today (via The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya)
- Will Smith (4.090): $8.55MM agreement today (per MLB.com’s Juan Toribio)
- Dustin May (4.059): $2.135MM agreement today (via the L.A. Times’ Jack Harris)
- Brusdar Graterol (3.167): $2.7MM agreement today (via Ardaya)
- Evan Phillips (3.136): $4MM agreement today (via Ardaya)
- Gavin Lux (3.114): $1.225MM agreement today (via Harris)
- J.P. Feyereisen (3.108): $770K agreement today (via Harris)
- Alex Vesia (3.078): $1MM agreement today (via Ardaya)
Giants
- Austin Slater (5.147): $4MM agreement in November
- J.D. Davis (5.137): Did not reach agreement, likely to file (via Feinsand)
- Mike Yastrzemski (4.128): $7.9MM agreement in November
- LaMonte Wade Jr. (4.035): $3.5MM agreement today (via Slusser)
- Tyler Rogers (4.034): $3.2MM agreement today (via Delucchi)
- Thairo Estrada (3.169): $4.7MM agreement today (via Slusser)
Guardians
- Shane Bieber (5.097): $13.125MM agreement today (via McDaniel)
- Scott Barlow (5.030): $6.7MM agreement today (per Paul Hoynes of Cleveland.com)
- Ramon Laureano (4.165): $5.15MM agreement in November
- Josh Naylor (4.127): $6.5MM agreement today (per Hoynes)
- James Karinchak (3.099): $1.9MM agreement today (per Hoynes)
- Triston McKenzie (3.074): $1.6MM agreement today (per Hoynes)
- Sam Hentges (2.157): $1.1625MM agreement today (per Hoynes)
- Nick Sandlin (2.157): $1.075MM agreement today (per Hoynes)
Marlins
- Tanner Scott (5.059): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (via Feinsand)
- Luis Arraez (4.121): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (via Feinsand)
- JT Chargois (4.101): $1.285MM agreement today (via SportsGrid’s Craig Mish)
- Christian Bethancourt (4.038): $2.05MM agreement today (per Feinsand)
- Jesus Luzardo (3.165): $5.5MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- A.J. Puk (3.124): $1.8MM agreement today (via Mish)
- Steven Okert (3.109): $1.0625MM agreement today (via Christina De Nicola of MLB.com)
- Trevor Rogers (3.094): $1.53MM agreement today (via Delucchi)
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. (3.075): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (via Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald)
- Anthony Bender (2.153): Team announced one-year agreement, terms not known
- Jesus Sanchez (2.118): $2.1MM agreement today (per Feinsand)
Mariners
- Luis Urias (4.098): $5MM agreement today (via McDaniel)
- Ty France (4.089): $6.775MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer)
- Trent Thornton (3.148): $1.2MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Josh Rojas (3.126): $3.1MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Sam Haggerty (3.044): $900K agreement today (via Morosi)
- Justin Topa (3.044): $1.25MM agreement today (via Kramer)
- Logan Gilbert (2.144): $4.05MM agreement today (via Morosi)
Mets
- Drew Smith (5.034): $2.225MM agreement today (per MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo)
- Adrian Houser (5.010): $5.05MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Pete Alonso (5.000): $20.5MM agreement today (per Passan)
- Joey Lucchesi (4.112): $1.65MM agreement today (via the New York Post’s Joel Sherman)
- Tyrone Taylor (3.093): $2.025MM agrement today (via Feinsand)
- David Peterson (3.089): $2.15MM agreement today (via Sherman)
- DJ Stewart (2.168): $1.38MM agreement in November
- Phil Bickford (2.134): Did not reach agreement, number filed (per Feinsand)
Nationals
- Victor Robles (5.033): $2.65MM agreement in November
- Tanner Rainey (4.127): $1.5MM agreement in November
- Hunter Harvey (4.047): $2.325MM agreement today (per Feinsand)
- Lane Thomas (4.014): $5.45MM agreement today (via the Washington Post’s Andrew Golden)
- Ildemaro Vargas (4.007): One-year agreement in September
- Kyle Finnegan (4.000): $5.1MM agreement today (per Feinsand)
- Luis Garcia (2.142): Team announced one-year agreement, terms not known
Orioles
- Anthony Santander (5.162): $11.7MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Danny Coulombe (5.008): Did not reach agreement, likely to exchange figures (via MLB.com’s Jake Rill)
- John Means (5.007): $3.325MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Ryan O’Hearn (5.002): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (via the Baltimore Banner’s Andy Kostka)
- Cedric Mullins (4.078): $6.325MM agreement today (via MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko)
- Austin Hays (4.057): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (via the Baltimore Banner’s Andy Kostka)
- Dillon Tate (4.048): $1.5MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Jorge Mateo (4.000): $2.7MM agreement in November
- Ryan Mountcastle (3.105): $4.1375MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Sam Hilliard (3.094): $800K agreement in November
- Cionel Perez (3.085): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (per Sherman)
- Cole Irvin (3.083): $2MM agreement today (via Kostka)
- Keegan Akin (3.079): $825K agreement in November
- Jacob Webb (3.046): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures, MLBTR has learned
- Ramon Urias (3.025): $2.1MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Tyler Wells (2.132): $1.9625MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Ryan McKenna (2.123): $800K agreement in November
Padres
- Kyle Higashioka (5.005): $2.18MM agreement today (via Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Michael King (4.004): $3.15MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Adrian Morejon (3.140): $850K agreement today (via Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Enyel De Los Santos (3.015): $1.16MM agreement today (via Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune)
Phillies
- Jeff Hoffman (5.084): $2.2MM agreement today (via The Athletic’s Matt Gelb)
- Ranger Suarez (4.112): $5.05MM agreement today (via Gelb)
- Gregory Soto (4.102): $5MM agreement today (via Alexander)
- Jake Cave (4.071): $1MM agreement in November
- Edmundo Sosa (3.140): $1.7MM agreement today (via the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber)
- Dylan Covey (3.138): $850K agreement in November
- Garrett Stubbs (3.120): $850K agreement in November
- Alec Bohm (3.106): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures, per club announcement
Pirates
- Ryan Borucki (5.006): $1.6MM agreement in November
- Mitch Keller (4.026): $5.4425MM agreement today (via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Jason Mackey)
- JT Brubaker (4.000): $2.275MM agreement yesterday
- David Bednar (3.076): $4.51MM agreement today (via Mackey)
- Edward Olivares (3.049): $1.35MM agreement today (via Mackey)
- Connor Joe (2.136): $2.125MM agreement today (via Mackey)
Rangers
- Nathaniel Lowe (3.145): $7.5MM agreement today (per Kennedi Landry of MLB.com)
- Jonathan Hernandez (3.131): $1.245MM agreement today (per Landry)
- Jonah Heim (3.097): $3.05MM agreement today (per Bob Nightengale)
- Adolis Garcia (3.095): Did not reach agreement, will exchange figures (per Sherman)
- Dane Dunning (3.083): $3.325MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Brock Burke (3.065): $1.035MM agreement today (per Landry)
- Josh Sborz (3.055): $1.025MM agreement today (per Landry)
- Leody Taveras (2.124): $2.55MM agreement today (via Sherman)
Rays
- Shawn Armstrong (5.113): $2.05MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Harold Ramirez (4.124): Did not reach agreement, likely to file (via Feinsand)
- Colin Poche (4.114): $2.375MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Aaron Civale (4.058): $4.9MM agreement today (via Sherman)
- Tyler Alexander (4.058): $1.95MM agreement in November
- Zack Littell (4.043): $1.85MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Jason Adam (3.132): Did not reach agreement, likely to file (via Feinsand)
- Randy Arozarena (3.129): $8.1MM agreement today (via Francys Romero)
- Drew Rasmussen (3.111): $1.8625MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Isaac Paredes (2.160): $3.4MM agreement today (via Feinsand)
- Shane McClanahan (2.158): Agreed to two-year, $7.2MM deal (via Murray)
Red Sox
- Nick Pivetta (5.166): $7.5MM agreement today (via Alex Speier of the Boston Globe)
- Tyler O’Neill (5.059): $5.85MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Reese McGuire (4.027): $1.5MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- John Schreiber (3.027): $1.175MM agreement today (via Rob Bradford of WEEI)
Reds
- Lucas Sims (5.014): $2.85MM agreement today (via the Cincinnati Enquirer’s Gordon Wittenmyer)
- Tejay Antone (4.000): $830K agreement today (via Wittenmyer)
- Alex Young (3.143): $1.16MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Jake Fraley (3.097): $2.15MM agreement today (via Wittenmyer)
- Tyler Stephenson (3.056): $2.525MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon)
- Jonathan India (3.000): Did not reach agreement, likely to exchange figures (via Feinsand)
Rockies
- Jalen Beeks (5.003): $1.675MM agreement in November
- Cal Quantrill (4.132): $6.55MM agreement yesterday
- Austin Gomber (4.111): $3.15MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Thomas Harding)
- Brendan Rodgers (4.075): $3.2MM agreement today (via Harding)
- Peter Lambert (3.128): $1.25MM agreement today (via Harding)
- Lucas Gilbreath (2.148): $760K agreement today (via Feinsand)
Royals
- Nick Anderson (4.153): $1.575MM agreement today (via USA Today’s Bob Nightengale)
- Josh Taylor (4.118): $1.1MM agreement in November
- Brady Singer (3.156): $4.85MM agreement today (via MLB.com’s Anne Rogers)
- Kris Bubic (3.135): $2.35MM agreement in December
- Kyle Wright (3.062): $1.8MM agreement today (via Rogers)
- Carlos Hernandez (2.145): $1.0125MM agreement today (via Rogers)
Tigers
- Tarik Skubal (3.114): $2.65MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Casey Mize (3.111): Didn’t reach agreement, likely headed to hearing (via the Detroit Free Press’ Evan Petzold)
- Jake Rogers (3.040): $1.7MM agreement today (via Petzold)
- Akil Baddoo (2.119): $1.55MM agreement today (via Morosi)
Twins
- Caleb Thielbar (5.131): $3.225MM agreement today (via McDaniel)
- Kyle Farmer (5.129): $6.3MM agreement today, including buyout of 2025 mutual option (via Dan Hayes of The Athletic)
- Willi Castro (4.017): $3.3MM agreement today (per Hayes)
- Jorge Alcala (4.014): $790K agreement today, including buyout of 2025 mutual option (via Hayes)
- Ryan Jeffers (3.089): $2.425MM agreement today (via SKOR North’s Darren Wolfson)
- Alex Kirilloff (2.141): $1.35MM agreement today (via Wolfson)
- Nick Gordon (2.136): No agreement reached, likely headed to hearing (via Bobby Nightengale)
White Sox
- Nicky Lopez (4.139): $4.3MM agreement today (via Morosi)
- Michael Soroka (5.009): $3MM agreement, per a team announcement
- Dylan Cease (4.089): $8MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Michael Kopech (4.041): $3MM agreement today (via Bob Nightengale)
- Matt Foster (3.093): $750K agreement in November
- Touki Toussaint (3.071): $1.3MM, per a team announcement
- Garrett Crochet (3.028): $800K, per a team announcement
- Andrew Vaughn (3.000): $3.25MM agreement today (via Bob Nightengale)
Yankees
- Gleyber Torres (5.162): $14.2MM agreement today (per Sherman)
- Juan Soto (5.134): $31MM agreement today (per Sherman)
- Alex Verdugo (5.078): $8.7MM plus performance bonuses agreement today (per Feinsand)
- Clay Holmes (5.031): $6MM agreement plus performance bonuses today (per Sherman)
- Jonathan Loaisiga (5.022): $2.5MM agreement today (per Sherman)
- Nestor Cortes (4.094): $3.95MM agreement today (per Sherman)
- Jose Trevino (4.063): $2.73MM agreement today (per Heyman)
- Trent Grisham (4.060): $5.5MM agreement today (via Murray)
- Victor Gonzalez (3.058): $860K agreement today (via Sherman)
- Clarke Schmidt (2.148): $2.025MM agreement today (via Sherman)