Per Dionisio Soldevila of Hoy Digital Newspaper, the Chicago White Sox and prospect Eloy Jimenez are finalizing a six-year, $42.5 million deal with two team options that could make it an eight-year, $75 million deal. Soldevila also reports that his contract also includes a $2.5 million bonus if he wins an MVP award. Also on the deal were Hector Gomez and Jeff Passan. Jimenez, 22, has never...
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Per Robert Murray of The Athletic and Ken Rosenthal also of The Athletic, the Milwaukee Brewers are in contract talks with All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel. Jon Heyman of MLB Network further reported Wednesday that the talks are getting very serious. Kimbrel, 30, saved 42 games for the Red Sox last season, and another six in the playoffs en route to a World Series Championship. He and Dallas...
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Many have called for the banishment of defensive shifts from Major League Baseball, claiming that it’s ruining the game by limiting offense. Their opposition then tells them to change their approach to hit around it — To prove they can hit to the opposite field or lay down a bunt. While most hitters have refused to change their approach, that’s no longer something the Mets...
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For the players, Spring Training is the time of year to get back into playing shape and get their reps in before the season starts. For management, it’s the time of year to decide who stays in the Bigs and who’s sent down to the minor leagues. For the fans, it’s the time of year when we all draft our free agent teams – minus the keepers, of course. For me, in this series of articles, Spring...
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Per Mark Berman of Fox Houston, and confirmed by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Houston Astros have locked up All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman to a six-year, $100 million contract extension. The deal, which begins this season, covers his three remaining years of arbitration as well as the first two seasons he would have been a free agent. The 24-year-old is now due to hit free agency...
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