Lead Story - 11/15/2020

Free agency rumors

Negotiating:
Baltimore Orioles:
Boston Red Sox:
New York Yankees:
Tampa Bay Rays:
Toronto Blue Jays:
Chicago White Sox: RF Yasiel Puig, RP Blake Treinen
Cleveland Indians:
Detroit Tigers:
Kansas City Royals: SP Tyson Ross, SP Jordan Zimmerman, RP Darren O'Day, RP Juan Nicasio, CF Michael A. Taylor
Minnesota Twins:
Houston Astros:
Los Angeles Angels: SP Anthony Desclafani, C Yadier Molina
Oakland Athletics:
Seattle Mariners: 2B/3B Tommy La Stella,
Texas Rangers: SP Kohei Arihara, SP Rick Porcello, RP Trevor Rosenthal
Atlanta Braves:
Miami Marlins:
New York Mets:
Philadelphia Phillies:
Washington Nationals:
Chicago Cubs:
Cincinnati Reds:
Milwaukee Brewers:
Pittsburgh Pirates:
St. Louis Cardinals:
Arizona Diamondbacks:
Colorado Rockies: RP Shane Greene
Los Angeles Dodgers:
San Diego Padres: SP Jos? Quintana, INF Ha-seong Kim
San Francisco Giants: SP Rich Hill, SP Mike Leake, SP John Lester

Mariners offers:
2B/3B Tommy La Stella $8/4years with a $2M bonus for 200 hits (to play 3B) -> La Stella wants to see more. Mariners renew their offer $11M/4years/-$1M with a $2M bonus for 200 hits (to play 3B) -> Febr. 12 accepting date

Offers from the open teams, first offer could be accepted by febr. 1 2021.

Kansas City Royals (open team):
SP Tyson Ross $7M/1year -> febr. 15
SP Jordan Zimmerman $8M/2years +$3M sub 3.50 ERA -> febr. 23
RP Darren O'Day $7M/1year -> febr. 18
RP Juan Nicasio $4M/1year -> febr. 12
CF Michael A. Taylor $5M/1year -> febr. 14

Texas Rangers (Open team):
SP Kohei Arihara $5M/2years + $3M All-star + $2M Sub 4.00 ERA -> febr. 20
SP Rick Porcello $9M/2years + $2M All-star + $3M 15 wins + $5M Cy Young award winner -> febr. 28
RP Trevor Rosenthal $9M/2years + $1M for every 10 saves -> febr. 24

San Diego Padres (open team):
SP Jos? Quintana $9M/1year + $2M sub 4.00 ERA
INF Ha-seong Kim $8M/5years + $2M all-star + $3M BA .305+ + $2M 30HR

San Francisco Giants (open team):
SP Rich Hill $5M/1year -> febr. 12
SP Mike Leake $7M/2years -> febr. 14
SP John Lester $12M/1year -> febr. 10

Signed:
Baltimore Orioles: SS Andrelton Simmons
Boston Red Sox:
New York Yankees:
Tampa Bay Rays:
Toronto Blue Jays: SP Trevor Bauer, LF Joc Pederson, CF George Springer, RP Keone Kela, RP Roberto Osuna, SP Tijuan Walker, RP Kohl Stewart
Chicago White Sox: C Wilson Ramos, RP Chris Devenski, UT Marwin Gonzalez, 3B Jake Lamb, RF Nick Markakis, SP Julio Teheran, CF Kevin Pillar, SP Robbie Ray, RP Justin Wilson
Cleveland Indians:
Detroit Tigers: 2B Jonathan Schoop
Kansas City Royals:
Minnesota Twins: DH Nelson Cruz, SP James Paxton, 2B/1B DJ LeMahieu, RP Alex Colome, RP Trevor May, LF Michael Brantley
Houston Astros:
Los Angeles Angels: RP Cam Bedrosian, SS Didi Gregorius
Oakland Athletics:
Seattle Mariners: SP Corey Kluber, SP Chris Archer, RP Liam Hendricks, LF/DH Marcell Ozuna
Texas Rangers:
Atlanta Braves:
Miami Marlins: SP Marcus Stroman, CF Jarrod Dyson
New York Mets:
Philadelphia Phillies:
Washington Nationals:
Chicago Cubs:
Cincinnati Reds:
Milwaukee Brewers: 3B Justin Turner
Pittsburgh Pirates: RP Brad Hand
St. Louis Cardinals: C J.T. Realmuto, 2B Kolten Wong, DH Yoenis C?spedes, SP Jake Odorizzi
Arizona Diamondbacks:
Colorado Rockies: SP Kevin Gausman, SP Martin Perez, SP Anthony Desclafani, RP Ken Giles
Los Angeles Dodgers:
San Diego Padres:
San Francisco Giants:

11/1/2020

Trades

The Blue Jays trade Alex Manoah and Alejandro Kirk to the White Sox for Garrett Crochet and Jimmy Lambert
The Blue Jays trade Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Teoscar Hernandez, Simon Woods Richardson and Jordan Groshans to the Rockies for Nolan Arenado.

10/28/2020

Player of the week/month

First monthly awards:
Player of the month
- SS Gleyber Torres NYY
- SS Corey Seager LAD
Pitcher of the month
- Mike Clevinger CLE
- Jack Flaherty STL
Rookie of the month
- Randy Arozarena TB
- Ke?Bryan Hayes PIT
Reliever of the month
- Brad Hand CLE and Sam Tuivailala SEA
- Dan Winkler CHC and Adam Morgan PHI

League Chat Box

1/16/2021

Allstar selection

Allstars: 34 players per team, 9 starting players, 16 extra (5 SP, 3 RP, 1 back up per position), 9 extra players to fill up
AL
1. C Salvador Perez (KCR)
2. 1B Jeimer Candelario (DET)
3. 2B DJ LeMahieu (NYY)
4. 3B Jose Ramirez (CLE)
5. SS Willi Castro (DET)
6. LF Randy Arozarena (TBR)
7. CF Mike Trout (LAA)
8. RF Joey Gallo (TEX)
9. DH Jared Walsh (LAA)
10. SP Triston McKenzie (CLE)
11. SP Mike Clevinger (CLE)
12. SP Lucas Giolito (CHW)
13. SP Dylan Bundy (LAA)
14. SP John Means (BAL)
15. RP Sam Tuivailala (SEA)
16. RP Jesse Chavez (TEX)
17. RP Jordan Romano (TOR)
18. C James McCann (CHW)
19. 1B Austin Nola (SEA)
20. 2B Eric Sogard (TBR)
21. 3B Yoan Moncada (CHW)
22. SS Marcus Semien (OAK)
23. LF Jorge Soler (KCR)
24. CF George Springer (HOU)
25. RF Yordan Alvarez (HOU)
26. DH Luke Voit (NYY)
27. SP Andrew Heaney (LAA)
28. SP Tyler Clasnow (TBR)
29. SP Shane Bieber (CLE)
30. RP Cesar Valdez (BAL)
31. RP Brandon Workman (BOS)
32. SP Gerrit Cole (HOU)
33. DH Nelson Cruz (MIN)
34. RP Cam Hill (CLE)

NL
1. C Travis d?Arnaud (ATL)
2. 1B Freddy Freeman (ATL)
3. 2B Eric Sogard (STL)
4. 3B Tommy Edman (STL)
5. SS Corey Seager (LAD)
6. LF Christian Yelich (MIL)
7. CF Ketel Marte (SDP)
8. RF Ian Happ (CHC)
9. DH Adam Duvall (ATL)
10. SP Zac Gallen (ARI)
11. SP Adbert Alzolay (CHC)
12. SP Clayton Kershaw (LAD)
13. SP Dinelson Lamet (SDP)
14. SP Kwang Hyun Kim (STL)
15. RP Devin Williams (MIL)
16. RP Freddy Peralta (MIL)
17. RP Chris Martin (ATL)
18. C Tyler Stephenson (CIN)
19. 1B Pete Alonso (NYM)
20. 2B Chrisian Colon (CIN)
21. 3B Manny Machado(SDP)
22. SS Trevor Story (COL)
23. LF Tyrone Taylor (MIL)
24. CF Corey Dickerson (PIT)
25. RF Bryce Harper (PHI)
26. DH Brad Miller (PHI)
27. RP Dan Winkler (CHC)
28. RP Dustin May (LAD)
29. RP Drew Steckenrider (MIA)
30. RP Edwin Diaz (NYM)
31. LF Lane Thomas (STL)
32. 2B Donovan Solano (SFG)
33. SP Jack Flaherty (STL)
34. DH Howie Kendrick (WAS)

11/1/2020

Free agents

Catchers
J.T. Realmuto (30 years old, 7.4 WAR) Signed with the Cardinals. $16/4 years with a $2 bonus offer for 30+ homers
James McCann (31, 3.8)
Tyler Flowers (35, 2.5)
Jason Castro (34, 1.9)
Yadier Molina (38, 1.7)
Wilson Ramos (33, 1.6) signed with the White Sox. $5/3 = $15, +1 for each season with 100 games played, +1 for over 35% caught stealing %, +1 for 20 homers, +1 for 30 homers
Robinson Chirinos (36, 1.4)
Kurt Suzuki (37, 0.6)
Austin Romine (32, 0.3)
Josh Phegley (33, 0.1)
Kevan Smith (33, 0.1)
Dustin Garneau (33, 0.0)
Mike Zunino (30, 0.0)
Erik Kratz (41, -0.1)
Matt Wieters (35, -0.3)
Sandy Le?n (32, -0.4)
Bryan Holaday (33, -0.7)
Drew Butera (37, -1.0)
Welington Castillo (34, -1.0)
Jeff Mathis (38, -2.0)

First basemen
Carlos Santana (35, 4.7)
Asdr?bal Cabrera (35, 1.8)
Mitch Moreland (35, 1.6)
Eric Thames (34, 1.2)
C.J. Cron (31, 0.6)
Jedd Gyorko (32, 0.1)
Ryan Zimmerman (36, 0.1)
Charlie Culberson (32, -0.1)
Phil Gosselin (32, -0.1)
Logan Morrison (33, -0.3)
Daniel Murphy (36, -1.1)

Second basemen
DJ LeMahieu (32 years old, 7.8 WAR) $16M for 4 years with a $6M signing bonus and a $8M bonus of winning the batting title
Kolten Wong (30, 5.0) Signed with the Cardinals for $14 for 5 years with a $2 million signing bonus
Jonathan Villar (30, 3.7)
Cesar Hernandez (31, 3.6)
Tommy La Stella (32, 3.2)
Jonathan Schoop (29, 2.7) Signed with the Tigers for a $5M signing bonus and a 3-year, $5M per year contract for a total of $20M
Jason Kipnis (34, 1.7)
Enrique Hern?ndez (29, 1.1)
Adeiny Hechavarr?a (32, 0.5)
Joe Panik (30, 0.5)
Dee Strange-Gordon (33, 0.2)
Neil Walker (35, 0.2)
Logan Forsythe (34, 0.1)
Jed Lowrie (37, -0.1)
Chris Owings (29, -0.7)
Daniel Descalso (34, -0.8)
Jos? Peraza (27, -0.9)

Third basemen
Justin Turner (36 years old, 4.7 WAR) Signs with Brewers $12 for 2 years
Eric Sogard (35, 2.3)
Todd Frazier (35, 1.7)
Marwin Gonzalez (32, 1.6) signed with the White Sox for $4/3years/-$1 (= $9), +$1M for each season with 100 games played
Brock Holt (33, 1.3)
Ehire Adrianza (31, 0.5)
Jake Lamb (30, -0.1) signed with the White Sox for $2/2 = $4 with 3th year team option at $2, +$1M for each season with 100 games played, +$1M for hitting over .250, +$1M for OPS over .800.
Zack Cozart (35, -0.9)

Shortstops
Marcus Semien (30 years old, 8.8 WAR)
Didi Gregorius (31, 2.3) Signed with the Angels 3 years at 6, 7, 8M for 21M total. We also will offer a team option 4th year of 5M. Incentives: 1M for Gold Glove, 1M for all star selection, 1M for 25 HR, 1M for 100 RBI, 1M for 100 runs.
Andrelton Simmons (31, 2.3)Signed with the Orioles for a 3 year deal for 9 mil. a season with a 4th year club option for $5 mil. $1 mil bonus for All Star appearance and $1 mil bonus for gold glove.
Freddy Galvis (31, 1.9)
Ha-Seong Kim (25, N/A)

Left fielders
Michael Brantley (34 years old, 5.5 WAR) $16M for 2 Years with a $3M bonus for finishing in the top 5 for the AL batting title.
Brett Gardner (37, 4.2)
Joc Pederson (29, 3.0) Signed with the Bluejays $8/5 years with a +$1 yearly incremental increase + $5 bonus for 30 HR in the first season. Club option for a 6th season for $7. $1 bonus for top 10 finish in HR's.
Jurickson Profar (28, 2.7)
Robbie Grossman (31, 2.1)
Ryan Braun (37, 2.0)
Jay Bruce (34, 0.5)

Center fielders
George Springer (31 years old, 8.4 WAR) Signed with the Bluejays at $22/6 + $10 Sign on Bonus + $5 Bonus for 40 HR's
Jackie Bradley Jr. (31, 2.8)
Kevin Pillar (32, 2.5) $6/4 = $24, +1 for each season with 100 games played, +1 for every 25 defensive hits saved, +1 for hitting above .270
Jake Marisnick (30, 1.2)
Jarrod Dyson (36, 0.9) Signed with Marlins $2/1 with a $1 bonus for hitting .250 or better
Billy Hamilton (30, 0.5)
Michael A. Taylor (29, N/A)

Right fielders
Adam Eaton (32, 1.9)
Cameron Maybin (34, 1.8)
Yasiel Puig (30, 1.2)
Matt Joyce (36, 0.9)
Josh Reddick (34, 0.4)
Steven Souza Jr. (32, 0.1)
Nick Markakis (37, 0.0) signed with the White Sox for $2/2 = $4 (3rd year team option at $1), +1 for each season with 100 games played, +1 for hitting over .280, +5 for all star appearance
Domingo Santana (28, 0.0)
Rusney Castillo (33, N/A)
Eduardo N??ez (34, -1.0)
Jon Jay (36, -1.3)

Designated hitters
Nelson Cruz (40 years old, 6.2 WAR) signed with the Twins. $15M for 1 year with a mutual option of $15M for a second year. $3M Bonus for 100 RBI, $2M bonus for 25HR and $1M bonus for allstar.
Marcell Ozuna (30, 5.0) Signed with Mariners $22M for 5 years with a $3M bonus when hitting 90 RBI's and a $3M bonus when hitting 30 HR's. On top of that I would like to add a $5M signing bonus and a $25 club option for a sixth season.
Howie Kendrick (37, 2.6)
Edwin Encarnaci?n (38, 2.2)
Brad Miller (31, 2.0)
Shin-Soo Choo (38, 1.6)
Derek Dietrich (31, 1.0)
Pablo Sandoval (34, 0.6)
Yasmany Tom?s (30, N/A)
Yoenis C?spedes (35, -0.2) Signs with Cardinals for 2 yr. deal worth $ 6 million a year with a bonus of $3 million if he can hit 30 or more homeruns in a season.
Matt Adams (32, -0.6)
Matt Kemp (36, -0.9)

Starting pitchers
Charlie Morton (37 years old, 7.0 WAR)
Trevor Bauer (30, 5.8) Signed with the Bluejays for $33 over 8 years with $3 Bonus for Cy Young and $2 bonus for being top 10 in Wins.
Mike Minor (33, 5.0)
Jake Odorizzi (31, 4.3) signed with the Cardinals for $15 over 5 years with Bonuses: $5 for finishing in the top five for Cy Young, $4 for 15 or more wins, and $3 if he finishes in the top 10 in ERA
Masahiro Tanaka (32, 4.1)
Marcus Stroman (30, 3.9) Signed with the Marlins for $20/4 years with a $5 bonus for making the All Star and $5 for 15+ Wins per season
James Paxton (32, 3.8) signed with the Twins. $8M for 1 year with a $2M bonus for making 20 starts and a $5M bonus for winning the Cy Young. This contract includes a $10M Mutual option for year 2 with a $5M Cy Young bonus
Jos? Quintana (32, 3.7)
Rick Porcello (32, 3.4)
Adam Wainwright (39, 3.2)
Kevin Gausman (30, 3.1) Signed with Rockies $10/3 years
Homer Bailey (35, 3.0)
Jon Lester (37, 3.0)
An?bal S?nchez (37, 2.7)
Brett Anderson (33, 2.6)
Cole Hamels (37, 2.6)
Anthony DeSclafani (31, 2.3) Signed with the Rockies for $8/1yr=$8 - $5 bonus if he wins 15 games, $5 bonus if he pitches 200 innings
Mike Fiers (36, 2.3)
Mart?n P?rez (30, 2.3) Signed with the Rockies for $8/4yrs=$32 - $5 bonus in any season if he wins 15 games or more
Robbie Ray (29, 2.0) Signed with the White Sox for $8/1 = $8 (2nd year team option at $10), +1 for each season with 15 starts
J.A. Happ (38, 1.9)
Iv?n Nova (34, 1.8)
Jake Arrieta (35, 1.6)
Rich Hill (41, 1.6)
Jordan Zimmermann (35, 1.5)
Gio Gonz?lez (35, 1.3)
Chase Anderson (33, 1.1)
Tyler Chatwood (31, 1.1)
Mike Leake (33, 1.0)
Jeff Samardzija (36, 1.0)
Chris Archer (32, 0.7) Signed with Mariners $9/1 year with a $9/1 player option
Garrett Richards (33, 0.7)
Drew Smyly (32, 0.7)
Julio Teheran (30, 0.7) Signed with the White Sox for $5/4 = $20 (5th year team option at $3), +1 for each season with 15 starts, $1 team buyout after the second year
Taijuan Walker (28, 0.7) Signs with Bluejays for $9/6 ears with $1 Bonus when reaching AS
Corey Kluber (35, 0.6) Signs with the Mariners...$15M for 4 years with a $3M bonus when reaching 20 starts and the $10M Player option for a fifth season
Tommy Milone (34, 0.6)
Matt Shoemaker (34, 0.6)
Collin McHugh (34, 0.5)
Matt Moore (32, 0.5)
Robbie Erlin (30, 0.3)
Tyson Ross (34, 0.0)
F?lix Hern?ndez (35, -0.1)
Jimmy Nelson (32, -0.1)
Michael Wacha (29, -0.2)
Alex Wood (30, -0.2)
Trevor Cahill (33, -0.4)
Wade LeBlanc (36, -0.4)
Kohei Arihara (28, N/A)

Relief pitchers
Liam Hendriks (32 years old, 5.2 WAR) signed by Mariners for $18/4years $5 sign bonus and $2 bonus for 30+ saves
Kirby Yates (34, 3.4)
Brad Hand (31 , 2.6) Signed with the Pirates for $15/5 years with a $10 million signing bonus
Roberto Osuna (26, 1.8) Signed with Bluejays for $10/10 years with $1 bonus for All star appearance and $1 bonus for Top 5 in Saves
Brandon Workman (32, 1.8)
Ken Giles (30, 1.6) Signed with the Rockies for $8/3yrs=$24 - $5 in any season with 25 or more saves, $5 in any season with more than 100 innings pitched
Tyler Clippard (36, 1.5)
Mark Melancon (36, 1.5)
Yusmeiro Petit (36, 1.5)
Joakim Soria (37, 1.5)
Pedro B?ez (33, 1.4)
Shane Greene (32, 1.3)
Trevor May (31, 1.3) $8M for 3 years with a club option of $10M when making 60 appearances during the 3rd year. $1M bonus for WHIP under 1.00 and $1M for ERA under 2.00
Alex Colom? (32, 1.2) $10M for 4 years with a $2M all-star bonus and a $4M signing bonus
Andrew Chafin (31, 1.1)
Brad Peacock (33, 1.1)
Sergio Romo (38 , 1.1)
Anthony Bass (33, 1.0)
Oliver P?rez (39, 1.0)
Ian Kennedy (36, 0.9)
Justin Wilson (33, 0.8) $5/4 = $20 (5th year team option at $4), +1 for each season with 30 appearances, +1 for more than 9 k/s, +1 for less than 1.10 WHiP, +1 for sub 3 ERA
Tommy Hunter (34, 0.7)
Brandon Kintzler (36 , 0.7)
Greg Holland (35, 0.6)
Jeremy Jeffress (33, 0.6)
Josh Tomlin (36, 0.6)
Jos? ?lvarez (32, 0.5)
Sean Doolittle (34, 0.5)
Darren O?Day (38, 0.5)
Trevor Rosenthal (31, 0.5)
Jesse Chavez (37, 0.4)
Keone Kela (28, 0.4) Signed with the Bluejays for a 6 year deal worth 5mil per season with a bonus of 1mil per All star appearance totaling 6mil in bonuses on top of a base salary of 30mil PLUS a $5 million sign on bonus
Juan Nicasio (34, 0.4)
Yoshihisa Hirano (37, 0.3)
Aaron Loup (33, 0.3)
Jake McGee (34, 0.3)
Blake Parker (36, 0.3)
Cam Bedrosian (29, 0.2) Signs with Angels for 3 year contract at 5, 6, 7M for 18M total. incentives for the following. 2M for 30 saves or more, 2M for All Star selection and 2M for whip below 1.15
Chris Devenski (30, 0.2)
Andrew Kittredge (31, 0.2)
Blake Treinen (33, 0.2)
Branden Kline (29, 0.1)
Brad Boxberger (33, 0.0)
Steve Cishek (35 , 0.0)
Chase De Jong (27, 0.0)
Chris Devenski (30, 0.0) signed with the White Sox. $4/4 = $16 (5th year team option at $4), +1 for each season with 30 appearances, +1 for more than 9 k/9, +1 for less than 1.10 WHiP, +1 for sub 3 ERA
Mike Montgomery (31, 0.0)
Adam Morgan (31, 0.0)
David Phelps (34 , 0.0)
Pedro Strop (36, 0.0)
Kevin McCarthy (29, -0.1)
David Robertson (36 , -0.1)
Nick Vincent (34, -0.1)
Luis Avil?n (31, -0.2)
Bryan Shaw (33, -0.3)
Tony Watson (36, -0.3)
Nate Jones (35, -0.3)
Ross Detwiler (35, -0.4)
T.J. McFarland (32, -0.4)
Wade Davis (35, -0.5)
Hector Rond?n (33 , -0.6)
Matt Harvey (32, -0.7)
Jared Hughes (35, -0.7)
Heath Hembree (32, -0.8)
Derek Holland (34, -1.3)
Kohl Stewart (26, N/A) Signs with Bluejays $2/3 years with a $3 bonus for pitching more than 50 innings

10/20/2020

Players of the week/month

Month 1:
Player of the month
- SS Gleyber Torres NYY
- SS Corey Seager LAD
Pitcher of the month
- Mike Clevinger CLE
- Jack Flaherty STL
Rookie of the month
- Randy Arozarena TB
- Ke?Bryan Hayes PIT
Reliever of the month
- Brad Hand CLE and Sam Tuivailala SEA
- Dan Winkler CHC and Adam Morgan PHI

Month 2: