Utility player Eric Sogard returns to Brewers as free agent after strong ‘19 season For the second consecutive day, the Brewers signed a Rays free agent, and the face was quite familiar. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Milwaukee agreed Wednesday with utility player Eric Sogard on a one-year deal with a club option…
DetailsGerrit Cole’s jaw-dropping first impression tells us everything After dominating the sport for two years and landing a record contract, can an athlete raise expectations even more merely by speaking at a press conference? You and I would have laughed at such a notion as early as breakfast time Wednesday morning. Then Gerrit Cole stepped…
DetailsDiamondbacks, Kyle Crockett Agree To Minor League Deal The Diamondbacks and left-handed reliever Kyle Crockett are in agreement on a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League Spring Training, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today (via Twitter). Crockett, who turned 28 over the weekend, was in camp with the Athletics last spring but…
DetailsNationals To Sign Fernando Abad The Nationals are in agreement with lefty reliever Fernando Abad on a minor league contract, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The Octagon client will presumably be in Major League camp once Spring Training opens. Abad, who turned 34 yesterday, appeared in 21 games with the Giants in 2019, totaling…
DetailsGerrit Cole hungers to be Yankees’ missing link The Astros had Gerrit Cole on the mound, and perhaps the opponent’s signs while batting, yet did not win the World Series the last two years. In case you need to know how tough it is to win it all. But, you know what? Tough. This is…
DetailsPhillies, Mikie Mahtook Agree To Minor League Deal The Phillies have agreed to a minor league contract with outfielder Mikie Mahtook, tweets USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. He’ll be in Major League Spring Training and would earn an $850K base salary upon making the big league roster. Mahtook, 30, showed well through 115 plate appearances as…
DetailsGerrit Cole, Luke Voit keeping details of Yankees jersey switch a secret Gerrit Cole has worn only one uniform number as a major-leaguer. The Yankees have retired far more numbers than any other Major League Baseball team. Both of those statements somehow remain true after Cole’s lucrative marriage to the Yankees, and all it required…
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Yankees Sign Gerrit Cole Dec. 18: Should Cole exercise his opt-out provision in the 2024-25 offseason, the Yankees will have the opportunity to void that decision by extending him for an additional year and $36MM, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic further reports (Twitter link). Cole would need to be willing to walk away from four…
DetailsNotes on Yoshi Tsutsugo, Kwang-Hyun Kim, and the Week’s Other NPB/KBO Signees Over the last week or so, several players who had been playing pro ball in Korea or Japan (some originally from those countries, others former big leaguers kicking back to the States) have signed contracts with major league clubs. I had notes on…
DetailsWhite Sox To Sign Ross Detwiler The White Sox have agreed to a minor league contract with veteran left-hander Ross Detwiler, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter link). He’ll return to the ChiSox after appearing in 18 games for them during the 2019 campaign. Detwiler, 33, was once the No. 6 overall pick in…
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