MLB Offseason 2024-2025

[HarleyQuinn]

We got deals, options being picked up/declined, and retirements already!

- Diamondbacks 3B Eugenio Suarez is having his 2025 option picked up, according to Jesse Rogers of ESPN. He'll make $15 Million.
- Dodgers OF Kevin Kiermaier announced that he’s retiring on Friday. He won the Gold Glove 4x in his career, very solid player.
- Yankees exercised their one-year, $2.5 option on RHP Luke Weaver. Great deal for the Yankees if Weaver can simply be 80% of what he did in 2024.
- Cincinnati will be rebuilding their pitching as Reds’ RHP Nick Martinez has declined his $12 million player option for 2025 and Reds’ RHP Jakob Junis has declined his side of an $8 million mutual option for 2025.
- Blake Snell has exercised the opt-out clause in his contract for the 2025 season.
- Tampa Bay exercised their one-year, $10.5 million team option on INF Brandon Lowe.
- Rhys Hoskins exercised his one-year, $18 million player option for 2025 to stay with Milwaukee.
- Angels acquired INF/OF Scott Kingery from the Phillies for cash considerations. Kingery was stuck in AAA but had a 25/25 season, will be interesting to see if he can stick with the Angels 25 Man Roster.
- Royals declined INF Adam Frazier’s 2025 option, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. Not quite the player he was in the mid 2010s, will be interesting to see which team takes a chance on him.

 

[snuffbox]

Teams have probably already been asked if they'd like to trade for Rhys Hoskins.

 

[strummer]

Travis d'Arnaud to the Angels on a 2 year deal

 

[alkeiper]

The Rays will play their 2025 home schedule at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Probably the most sensible solution.

 

[Hawk 34]

Capacity is 11k and they averaged 16k last season so this almost a perfect fit for the team.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

The Athletic’s Aaron Gleeman reported that the Twins will likely try and trade RHP Chris Paddack this offseason.

Robert Murray reported that the Red Sox signed LHP Justin Wilson to a one-year, $2.25 million contract.

Jon Heyman confirmed reports that the Angels signed INF Kevin Newman to a one-year, $2.5 million deal with a club option for 2026.

Daily News’ Gary Phillips reports that the Yankees and LHP Tim Hill have a mutual interest in a reunion. However, after signing with the Yankees, the left-hander had a 2.05 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and 18/9 K/BB ratio in 44 innings.

 

[alkeiper]

More stadium drama for the Rays. The city of St. Petersburg failed to pass a bond for the new stadium. The project is dormant and the Rays' future in Tampa Bay is in jeopardy. Again.

 

[Gert]

More stadium drama for the Rays. The city of St. Petersburg failed to pass a bond for the new stadium. The project is dormant and the Rays' future in Tampa Bay is in jeopardy. Again.

How do you feel like this ends? I think the timing of the repairs versus getting into a new stadium was going to make this nearly impossible to have a conclusion where they stay in St. Pete.

 

[alkeiper]

First city to build a new stadium gets a team. I'd say 33% the brinksmanship pushes St Pete to get something done, 33% Nashville and 33% the field.

 

[Hawk 34]

This happened a few days ago but after years of will they/wont they, the Reds finally traded Jonathan India to the Royals in exchange for Brady Singer.

 

[Gert]

Blake Snell to the Dodgers at 5/182.

Reports on Soto is that offers have been made by both NY teams, the Red Sox, Dodgers and Blue Jays.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports the Red Sox are now focusing on signing Max Fried.

 

[alkeiper]

$36 million a year for a pitcher who averages 135 innings a year. Incredible.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Some people are hating on the Dodgers, but good for the Dodgers. So many cheap fuck owners, like Hal Steinbrenner, who can spend and decide not to cause they need to make a bigger profit than they're already making. Hope the Dodgers sign everyone and wake teams the fuck up.

 

[alkeiper]

This has been the Dodgers for at least a decade. Some discourse behind Moneyball was "well what happens when a big market team figures this stuff out" and there's the Dodgers, running a big payroll operation and a good farm system at the same time. It's worth noting that with Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts they have two obvious Hall of Famers close to their primes on the roster and have every motivation to maximize their window. The Dodgers should go all out at this point.