The New York Yankees have landed a lefty-hitting outfielder, just probably not the one that their fans were hoping for. In the biggest move of a very quiet Winter Meetings so far, Brian Cashman struck a rare deal with the Boston Red Sox, with disgruntled right fielder Alex Verdugo headed to New York in exchange […]
December 5, 2023
Fans of the Baltimore Orioles are undoubtedly getting antsy as they wait for their team to make a splash or two at the Winter Meetings, but at least we have some news to get excited about in the meantime: At his media appearance in Nashville on Tuesday, GM Mike Elias left the door very much […]
December 5, 2023
For the first time in franchise history, the Cleveland Guardians will have the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft. Cleveland was the big winner of what turned out to be a very topsy-turvy 2024 draft lottery, held Tuesday evening at the Winter Meetings in Nashville. The Guardians entered with just the ninth-best odds of […]
December 5, 2023
Shohei Ohtani’s free agency to this point has been a very, very closely-guarded secret; it took some deep sleuthing, a postponed Zoom meeting and a private jet tracker just to unearth the two-way superstar’s visit with the Toronto Blue Jays. But it turns out that if we wanted to know more about the state of […]
December 5, 2023
The 2023 MLB Winter Meetings are in full swing, and already we’ve seen some significant moves. As of Tuesday morning the overwhelming majority of our top 50 free agents remain unsigned, so there’s plenty more action to come before everyone departs Nashville on Wednesday. But wheeling and dealing isn’t the only thing to monitor on […]
December 5, 2023
We’re still waiting on our first true Winter Meetings bombshell, but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been any notable news out of Nashville yet. In an interview on MLB Network on Monday afternoon, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed an interesting bit of information about the team’s 2024 plans: namely, that they plan to […]
December 4, 2023
As the 2023 MLB Winter Meetings get underway, a potential game-changer has just jumped into the free-agent pool: According to numerous reports, star Korean center fielder Jung Hoo Lee has officially been posted by his KBO team, the Kiwoom Heroes, meaning he now has 30 days to negotiate (and find a deal) with any MLB […]
December 4, 2023
While it was largely a quiet first day of the 2023 MLB Winter Meetings, we did get one deal in under the wire late Sunday night. The Atlanta Braves have added yet another piece to what was already the league’s best lineup, acquiring outfielder Jarred Kelenic, along with veteran lefty Marco Gonzales and Minor League […]
December 4, 2023
All eyes will be on Nashville for the start of the 2023 MLB Winter Meetings, but wheeling and dealing isn’t the only thing on tap on Sunday. We could also see some of the game’s luminaries elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2024. To avoid confusion: No, this isn’t the same thing […]
December 3, 2023
While the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes is understandably the story of the offseason, a not-too-distant second is the potential availability of Padres superstar Juan Soto — with San Diego reportedly desperate to slash payroll before next season and shedding Soto’s hefty salary the cleanest way to do it. From pretty much the moment this offseason began, […]
December 2, 2023
It’s been almost a month since the Texas Rangers captured the 2023 World Series, and Hot Stove season is finally set to really heat up. The baseball world will converge on Nashville this Sunday, Dec. 3, for the marquee event of the offseason: The Winter Meetings, in which teams and agents get together for four […]
December 1, 2023