The Chicago White Sox have signed catcher Welington Castillo according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The deal is for two-years with a club option according to Rosenthal. The deal is worth $15 million over the two years and the option for a third year is $8 million per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. Castillo, 30, hit .282/.323/.490 with a career-high 20 home runs, 53 RBI and was a 2.7 fWAR...
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The New York Mets are open to the idea of free agent outfielder Jay Bruce returning on a three-year deal according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Puma also reports that Bruce is currently seeking a five-year deal. MLB Trade Rumors predicted that Bruce would get three-years, $39 million while Jon Heyman predicted three-years, $36 million. Bruce is coming off a season in which he set a...
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The Los Angeles Angels made a trade on Thursday for veteran reliever Jim Johnson but that’s not really the key part of the deal. Along with Johnson, the Angels will receive $1.21 million in international bonus pool money from the Atlanta Braves. Angels general manager Billy Eppler is being very open about what that money will be used for, “The money acquired in this deal was with an...
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The Major League Baseball non-tender deadline for arbitration eligible players is Friday night at 8 p.m. ET. Players that aren’t tendered a contract will enter the free agent pool. The New York Mets group of arbitration eligible players includes Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey, Travis d’Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Hansel Robles and AJ Ramos. Mike Puma is...
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The San Francisco Giants front office is in Los Angeles to meet with the representatives for Miami Marlins star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton according to Craig Mish of SiriusXM. Stanton, 28, hit .281/.376/.631 with 32 doubles, 59 home runs, 132 RBI, 7.6 WAR and 165 OPS+ on his way to winning the National League MVP. Earlier on Thursday it was reported by Jon Morosi of Fox Sports that the Marlins...
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