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Reds get OF Nick Castellanos on $64 million, 4-year deal
The Cincinnati Reds continued their busy offseason, matching the biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, the team announced Monday. The deal has an opt-out clause after the first season, sources said. Castellanos, who undoubtedly made some money for himself after his midseason trade […]
Continue readingThe player most likely to be traded in 2020 for all 30 MLB teams
Predicting MLB trades is impossible! I believe the surgeon general issues a warning about this on the back of packs of baseball cards. In fact, it wouldn’t be shocking if I went 0-for-30 on the following list of the one player from every team most likely to be traded in 2020. New York Yankees: Clint […]
Continue readingOutfielder Shogo Akiyama wanted to make history with Reds
Akiyama got a $21 million, three-year deal this week with the Reds. They introduced him Wednesday at Great American Ball Park, where the five-time Japanese All-Star figures to play one of the outfield spots and bat high in the order. “The fact that they’ve never had a Japanese player was something that was very attractive, […]
Continue readingPredicting where MLB’s top remaining free agents will sign
Last week, Gerrit Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon agreed to free-agent deals worth a combined $814 million. Yes, baseball has come a long way from the first free-agent class in the 1976-77 offseason, when an infielder named Paul Dade signed with the Cleveland Indians and, Sports Illustrated later reported, figured he could “start to […]
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