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…
DetailsRevealing how much Scott Boras raked in with massive contracts When super agent Scott Boras is done with this winter, he will have negotiated around $1 billion worth of player contracts and will personally rake in about $50 million. Boras, who sat on the dais at Yankee Stadium for the introduction of Gerrit Cole Wednesday,…
DetailsMarlins Sign Ryan Lavarnway, Josh A. Smith The Marlins announced a series of nine minor league signings on Wednesday, each of which contains an invitation to Major League Spring Training. In addition to confirming their previously reported signing of former All-Star Matt Kemp (more on that here), the Miami organization will bring two former big leaguers…
DetailsFall Report: Southern California USC has struggled the past few seasons, but new head coach Jason Gill looks to turn the tide in 2020. Here’s our inside look at the Trojans this fall. Source: https://d1baseball.com/fall-report/fall-report-southern-california-4/
DetailsThe Brewers Reunite with Eric Sogard The last time Eric Sogard was on the Brewers, he was bad. Not just run of the mill bad, but really bad! He hit .134/.241/.165 in 113 plate appearances for them in 2018, good for a 14 wRC+. That was all the team needed to see to send him…
DetailsWhy assistant GM Jean Afterman won’t be around Yankees as often The Yankees had a long line of executives on the dais Wednesday during the introductory press conference for Gerrit Cole. But not one of their most familiar figures at these type of events. Assistant GM Jean Afterman was in Japan and, thus, not available…
DetailsCardinals Designate Adolis Garcia For Assignment The Cardinals announced Wednesday that they’ve designated outfielder Adolis Garcia for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster goes to lefty Kwang-Hyun Kim, whose two-year contract with the club is now official. Garcia, 27 in March, appeared in 21 games with the Cards in 2018 but went just 2-for-17…
DetailsMatt Blake divulges how he helped bring Gerrit Cole to the Yankees Matt Blake hasn’t had one game as the Yankees’ pitching coach yet, but his job is already looking a little easier than it did when he joined the team. The Yankees officially introduced Gerrit Cole Wednesday after signing the former Astros ace to…
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