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The best and worst free-agent signing of the decade for all 30 MLB teams
What we can do is check back on the 2010s on how free agency worked — or didn’t work — for all 30 franchises. For each team we’ll list the total dollars committed in free agency (starting with new contracts for the 2010 season, not including money carried over from previous deals), where they ranked […]
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 […]
Continue readingGerrit Cole watch, big spenders and more: Passan answers 20 winter meetings questions
Editor’s note: This story published on the morning of Monday, Dec. 9 before Stephen Strasburg agreed to a seven-year, $245 million deal to return to the Nationals. SAN DIEGO — The winter meetings, once the domain of blockbuster trades and megabucks free-agent signings, have in recent years gone into the sort of hibernation typically associated […]
Continue readingWinners and losers of Stephen Strasburg’s $245 million return to Nationals
David Schoenfield: Hey, it’s not my money! This guy just carried your team to a World Series title, but that’s also a very large chunk of change for a pitcher who just topped 176 innings for the first time since 2014. There’s nothing wrong with bringing him back and continuing to construct your team around […]
Continue readingWhich stars are on the Dodgers’ winter meetings shopping list?
It is both their gift and their curse. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman acknowledged from baseball’s winter meetings on Monday that his targets make up “a much more narrow group” than in recent years. He agreed that the list extends to roughly 12 players, the vast majority of them elite, which simplifies his […]
Continue readingAngels trim payroll trading Zack Cozart, prospect Will Wilson to Giants
The Giants are paying the entirety of Cozart’s upcoming $12.67 million salary to essentially acquire middle infielder Will Wilson, the 15th overall pick in last year’s draft. Wilson, ranked fourth in the Angels’ system by MLB.com, batted .275/.328/.439 in 204 plate appearances at rookie-level Orem earlier this summer and is considered a high-floor prospect. The […]
Continue readingWhat will the Angels do now after missing out on Gerrit Cole?
SAN DIEGO — The past five years, the average win total needed to earn a playoff spot in the American League has rounded out to 91. For the Los Angeles Angels, striving to launch themselves into legitimate contention as quickly as possible, that means finding 19 more wins in one offseason. Teams have done it […]
Continue readingWhy a Cubs-Braves Kris Bryant trade makes sense now that Anthony Rendon has signed
“The chatter around Bryant has been steady,” one rival executive said this week at the winter meetings. The Cubs probably will have to wait in line until one more free agent, Josh Donaldson, comes off the board. That will leave Bryant as an attractive chip who will cost limited dollars, though top prospects would undoubtedly […]
Continue readingWinter meetings takeaways from the San Diego spending spree
This year’s winter meetings wind down having delivered a historic explosion of expenditures. With contenders having paid top dollar, we asked Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield for their takeaways from the industry-shaking events in San Diego. Schoenfield: Let’s not get carried away here. Cole is an amazing pitcher coming off a […]
Continue reading2019 MLB winter meetings rumors, dates, free-agent updates and predictions
Baseball’s winter meetings in San Diego were a wild affair, beginning Monday with the big news of Stephen Strasburg returning to the Nationals and continuing Tuesday with Gerrit Cole‘s record deal with the Yankees and Wednesday with Anthony Rendon landing with the Angels. Things wrapped up Thursday with the Rule 5 draft. Although the big […]
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