Lead Story - 6/7/2025

Free Agency: Things to Know

Players offered Qualifying Offers

Type A ($41M, min. $16M if not signed by the start of spring training)

ARI SP Isokrates Katsoudas (signed by TOR, all 2051 Picks Protected/Traded, 2022 1st-4th Round Picks Traded, Loss of 2052 5th Round Pick)

VAN OF Jameis Ford-Richardson
TB C Bailey Fletcher

Type B ($22M, min. $9M if not signed by start of spring training)

TB SP Emilio Lopez
VAN SP Miyamoto Yeong
LAD SP Lomman Fernandez
LAD SP La Vonn Bryant
CHC SP Austin Carson
DET SP Ariel Jack
DET OF Dominique Butler
SF SP Slick Gannon

Amateur International Free Agent Budgets

The max amount of Amateur IFA cap that each team can trade for is listed in the initial set of parentheses.

Bottom 10 Teams ($10M)

($30M) WAS (+$10M=$20M)
($29M) TB (+$19M=$29M)
($28M) CIN (+$5M=$15M)
($27M) PHI (+$7M=$17M)
($26M) CWS
($25M) ARI
($24M) SD
($23M) CHC (+$3M=$13M)
($22M) SEA (-$5M=$5M)
($21M) TOR (-$5M=$5M)

Mid-10/Non-Postseason Teams ($7M)

($20M) SJ (-$7M=$0)
($19M) PIT
($18M) NYM
($17M) KC
($16M) ANA
($15M) NYY
($14M) SA ($5M-$12M=$0)
($13M) HOU (+$5M=$12M)
($12M) MC (-$7M=$0)
($11M) LV

Top 12/Postseason Teams ($5M) (max $10M all teams)

LON (-$5M=$0)
MON
STL (-$5M=$0)
ATL
BOS (-$5M=$0)
MIN (-$5M=$0)
DET (-$5M=$0)
LAD (-$5M+$10M=$10M)
SF
BAL
VAN
TEX

International Free Agents

*-brothers
#-Amateur IFA
!-from previous amateur IFA year

(R) C/1B Alberto Conte (Italian)#
(L) C/UTIL Manfred Maier (German)#*
(R) 1B/DH Anton Korolev (Russian)#
(L) 3B/1B Zander Harris (Trinidadian)#
(L) SS/3B Alessandro Gallo (Italian)#
(S) IF/OF Oswaldo Calvillo (Venezuelan)#
(L) OF Jesus Japon (Puerto Rican-Bahamian)#
(R) OF/2B Vlad Melnychuk (Ukrainian)#
(R) OF Manuel Martin (Cuban)#
(L) OF/1B Quinn MacCarthy (Irish)#

(LHP) SP Emilio Del Rio (Dominican)#
(LHP) SP Diogo Jesus (Brazilian)#
(RHP) SP Noah Ramjohn (Trinidadian)#
(LHP) SP Steffen Maier (German)#*
(RHP) SP Wout van Vliet (Dutch)#
(RHP) RP Armin Wagner (German)#

(R) C/LF Navin Sammy (Trinidadian)
(R) 2B/IF Akihiro Kikuchi (Japanese)
(S) 2B/DH Jules Mauvieux (French)
(L) OF/SS Alex Torres (Cuban)
(L) OF Eduardo Sierra (Venezuelan)
(R) OF Byung Choi (South Korean)

(RHP) SP Borya Kovalev (Russian)
(RHP) SP Alvaro Perez (Cuban)
(LHP) SP Eun-seong Son (South Korean)
(RHP) SP Dai Luu (Vietnamese)
(RHP) RP Hector Chabot (French)
(RHP) RP Mathis Carre (French)

3/6/2025

Offseason

End of World Series-June 29: Pre-Offseason
June 30-July 26: Offseason/Entire progress of Free Agency
July 2: QO Accepting Deadline
July 6: Last Day for Relocation Requests (to be considered for the 2053 season)
July 9: Rookie Non-Tender Deadline (after second year or later)
July 9: Rule 5 Draft Protecting Players Deadline/45-Man Roster Moratorium
July 11-13: Rule 5 Draft
July 20: Preliminary Roster/Lineup Deadline (for test sims)
July 28: Spring Training
July 29-Aug. 2: MLB Cup Tournament
Aug. 4: Regular Season

Extensions Signed (during season)

SF 3B Maverick Kelly $72M/2yrs, then $48M/2yrs, then $45M/8yrs, no-trade clause
MC 2B Esjay Marcinko $20M/4yrs
LON RP Haris Stevens $12M/7yrs, no-trade clause, mutual options for 8th-9th years
ATL C Benedikt Lamon $5M/1yr, mutual options for 2nd-3rd years
ATL SP Dexter Bridgewater $3M/1yr
SJ C Miles Severin $30M/6yrs/+$2M per year, no-trade clause, $1M increase for each All-Star season, $45M/2yrs player option for 7th-8th years
LV RP Konnor Nguyen $14M/9yrs, $1M increase for an All-Star season/sub-2.75 ERA (min. 50 IP)

Extensions signed (pre-offseason)

TB C Craymor Wallace $5M/1yr
SA 2B Andre Browpup $15M/3yrs/+$2M per year, player option for 4th year
DET SP Hendrix Johnston $30M/5yrs
KC 2B Herbert Trosky $3M/1yr
KC SS Zulfquar Small $2M/2yrs
LV RP Harvey Schneider $13M/8yrs, $1M increase for an All-Star season/sub-2.75 ERA season
MC SP Naito Toyo $5M/1yr
HOU RP Rudo Vidal $10M/1yr
ANA 2B Zach Alford $10M/1yr
ANA RP Ronnie Longhorn $3M/1yr
ATL 2B Edwin Moore $12M/3yrs/-$2M per year
DET SS DaVante Roberson $17M/1yr, $21M/4yrs player option for 2nd-5th years
LV RP Nicusor Banchev $4M/2yrs
ATL 2B Emil Arbeit $5M/3yrs
HOU SP Yahir Wolf $39M/4yrs
LON 3B Armando Hackett $5M/2yrs
MIN OF Jayceon Jones $17M/1yr, $15M player option for 2nd year
MIN SP Quadell Ramsey $32M/5yrs, player option for 6th year
MIN 3B Kerry Fitzgerald $12M/1yr
CHC RP Loren Wilkerson $5M/2yrs, vesting option for 3rd year for sub-3.75 ERA season
LON OF Cillian Palmer $6M/1yr
PIT LF Saman Phunphoem $35M/5yrs, $2M increase for each 25+ HR season, $3M increase for each All-Star season, player option for 6th-7th years
LON SS Younghoe Lee $35M/6yrs, no-trade clause, mutual option for 7th year

Completed Deals



Pending Offers

None

Amateur IFAs

None

League Chat Box

12/11/2023

Traded Picks/Cash/IFA Budget

Traded Picks:

ANA Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to ARI (Vastagh)
ANA Trades 2052 4th Round Pick to CWS (Ishida)
ATL Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to SA (D. Estrada), Traded to LAD (D. Margot)
BAL Trades 2052 1st and 2nd Round Picks to NYM (Hightower)
BAL Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to SD (Bell)
BAL Trades 2052 4th Round Pick to SF (Coco)
BOS Trades 2052 1st Round Pick to PHI (Loan)
BOS Trades 2052 2nd and 4th Round Pick to CIN (Loan)
BOS Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to ANA (Van Essen)
CHC Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to LON (Loan)
CWS Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to HOU (Za. Taylor)
HOU Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to LAD (Loan)
LAD Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to BAL (Aleshire), Traded to PHI (Quinlan)
LON Trades 2052 2nd and 3rd Round Picks to HOU (L.A. Esparza)
MIN Trades 2052 1st Round Pick to LAD (Loan)
MC Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to ATL (Westbrook)
MC Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to ANA (Zabala)
MC Trades 2052 4th Round Pick to LON (Ed. Estrada)
NYM Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to BAL (Hightower), Traded to PHI (Quinlan)
PHI Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to LAD (Loan)
PHI Trades 2052 3nd Round Pick to NYY (R. Coleman)
PHI Trades 2052 4th and 5th Round Picks to SA (IFA)
SA Trades 2052 1st Round Pick to PHI (Estrada)
SA Trades 2052 4th Round Pick to BAL (IFA)
SA Trades 2052 5th Round Pick to CWS (IFA)
STL Trades 2052 2nd and 4th Round Picks to BAL (loan), traded to SD (Bell)
TB Trades 2052 4th Round Pick to MIN (IFA)
TEX Trades 2052 1st and 2nd Round Picks to TOR (Vernon)
TOR Trades 2052 1st Round Pick to NYM (Dow Jr.)
TOR Trades 2052 2nd Round Pick to CIN (Villalobos)
TOR Trades 2052 3rd Round Pick to SEA (T. Bailey)
TOR Trades 2052 4th Round Pick to WAS (Loan)
TOR Loses 2052 5th Round Pick (QO, Katsoudas)

BAL Trades 2053 2nd and 3rd Round Pick to PHI (Pick Swap)
LAD Trades 2053 3rd Round Pick to MC (Pick Swap)
MC Trades 2053 1st and 2nd Round Picks to LAD (S. Jarvis)
MC Trades 2053 3rd Round Pick to TB (Bran. Simmons)
PHI Trades 2053 3rd Round Pick to BAL (Pick Swap)
SA Trades 2051 1st Round Pick to LAD (D. Margot)

Traded $$$ (NOTE: payback year is the year in which the offseason falls. ex. paid back 2025 means paid back before the 2025-2026 offseason):

BAL Trades $24M loan to STL (2052)
CIN Trades $20M loan to BOS (2052)
LV Trades $23M loan to HOU (2052)
TB Trades $38M loan to LAD (2052)
MC Trades $3M loan to LON (2052)
MC Trades $10M loan to LV (2052)
LAD Trades $19M loan to PHI (2052)
LAD Trades $25M loan to MIN (2052)
PHI Trades $3M loan to MC (2052)
LAD Trades $10M loan to SJ (2052)
LAD Trades $10M loan to DET (2052)
TB Trades $4M loan to SJ (2052)
TB Trades $10M loan to SA (2052)
TB Trades $9M loan to MIN (2052)

CIN Trades $20M loan to TOR (2055)
WAS Trades $20M loan to TOR (2055)

Traded IFA Budget:

2051-2052

BOS Trades $5M to CIN
STL Trades $5M to PHI
MC Trades $5M to SA
TOR Trades $5M to WAS
LAD Trades $5M to TB
MC Trades $2M to PHI
SJ Trades $5M to LAD
DET Trades $5M to LAD
SJ Trades $2M to TB
SA Trades $7M to TB
SA Trades $5M to PHI
LON Trades $5M to HOU
SEA Trades $3M to CHC
MIN Trades $5M to TB

12/22/2019

Rule 5 Draft Drafted Players and 45-Man Roster (Last Updated: 5/19/25)

TOR - OF Jabir Vernon (TEX)
WAS - C Derrin Mirotic (SD), SS Quentin Sergeant (SEA), RP Barrett Sharp (LV)
PHI - 1B Shawn Guidry (LV), RP Alton Spain (MON), RF Barton Villarreal (ATL)
TB - RP Virgil Schindler (VAN), OF Brandon Simmons (CWS), RP Rasty Fleming (NYY)
PIT - SP Bobby Reed (CWS)
SEA - SP Shamar English (LV), RP Nathaniel Dotson (LV)
CWS - OF Socrates Benson (MIN), 2B Sato Usami (MIN), RP Brogan Bolon (ANA)
ANA - SP Merlyn Maddison (CWS), SP Abdoul Bell (SD)
SA - SP Whitney Copeland (MIN)
HOU - 2B Larry Aubrey (CHC), C Maximus Ryan (SD), 3B Chris Thielbar (ANA)
MC - C Dudley Hewitt (STL), C Dorian Thornton (SF)
STL - OF Adrian Foye (MIN)
LON - 1B Chris Pickens (SF), SP Malcom Bunge (TB), SS Andy Jeans (KC)
CHC - SP Elsin Correa (NYY)
DET - SP Garrett Armstead (LV)
TEX - RP Brycen Pate (MIN), RP Jabari Samuels (VAN), 3B Rod Jeanes (TOR)
BOS - SS Geoffrey Gordon (MON), 1B Curtis Owens (TB), CF Hide Akechi (NYY)
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Angels - 38/45
Astros - 43/45
Athletics - 42/45
Bandits - 40/45
Blue Jays - 43/45
Braves - 42/45
Cardinals - 38/45
Cubs - 36/45
Diamondbacks - 44/45
Dodgers - 36/45
Expos - 31/45
Gamblers - 31/45
Giants - 43/45
Lions - 37/45
Mariners - 41/45
Mets - 41/45
Nationals - 44/45
Orioles - 29/45
Padres - 40/45
Phillies - 44/45
Pirates - 37/45
Rangers - 45/45
Rays - 39/45
Red Sox - 33/45
Reds - 45/45
Royals - 44/45
Stars - 36/45
Tigers - 41/45
Twins - 38/45
Vespers - 42/45
White Sox - 37/45
Yankees - 37/45

7/1/2019

2052 MLB Draft Order (Last Updated: 6/12/25)

1st Round

1(1). WAS
1(2). TB
1(3). CIN
1(4). PHI
1(5). CWS
1(6). ARI
1(7). SD
1(8). CHC
1(9). SEA
1(10). NYM (TOR Traded Pick for Ellie Dow Jr.)
1(11). SJ
1(12). PIT
1(13). NYM
1(14). KC
1(15). ANA
1(16). LON (unprotected)
1(17). NYY
1(18). PHI (SA Traded Pick for Domingo Estrada)
1(19). HOU
1(20). MC
1(21). LV
-------------------------Type A PROTECTED (unless otherwise noted)-------------------------
1(22). MON
1(23). STL
1(24). ATL
1(25). PHI (BOS Traded Pick for Loan)
1(26). LAD (MIN Traded Pick for Loan)
1(27). DET
1(28). LAD
1(29). SF
1(30). NYM (BAL Traded Pick for Channing Hightower)
1(31). VAN
1(32). TOR (TEX Traded Pick for Jabir Vernon)

Type A Compensatory Round

TBD

2nd Round

2(1). WAS
2(2). TB
2(3). CIN
2(4). LAD (PHI Traded Pick for Loan)
2(5). CWS
2(6). ARI
2(7). SD
2(8). LON (CHC Traded Pick for Loan)
2(9). SEA
2(10). CIN (TOR Traded Pick for Okeke Villalobos)
2(11). SJ
2(12). PIT
2(13). PHI (NYM Traded Pick for Idu Kalu, BAL Traded Pick for Brinley Quinlan)
2(14). KC
2(15). ARI (ANA Traded Pick for Lavrentiy Vastagh)
2(16). HOU (LON Traded Pick for Luis Angel Esparza)
2(17). NYY
2(18). SA
2(19). LAD (HOU Traded Pick for Loan)
2(20). ATL (MC Traded Pick for Noah Westbrook)
2(21). LV
-------------------------Type B PROTECTED (unless otherwise noted)-------------------------
2(22). MON
2(23). SD (STL Traded Pick for Loan, BAL Traded Pick for Skeeter Bell)
2(24). SA (ATL Traded Pick for Domingo Estrada, SA Traded Pick for Diamond Margot)
2(25). CIN (BOS Traded Pick for Loan)
2(26). MIN
2(27). DET
2(28). PHI (LAD Traded Pick for Hjalmar Aleshire, BAL Traded Pick for Brinley Quinlan)
2(29). SF
2(30). NYM (BAL Traded Pick for Channing Hightower)
2(31). VAN
2(32). TOR (TEX Traded Pick for Jabir Vernon)

Type B Compensatory Round

TBD

3rd Round

3(1). WAS
3(2). TB
3(3). CIN
3(4). NYY (PHI Traded Pick for Rafael Coleman)
3(5). HOU (CWS Traded Pick for Zach Taylor)
3(6). ARI
3(7). SD
3(8). CHC
3(9). SEA
3(10). SEA (TOR Traded Pick for Trevor Bailey)
3(11). SJ
3(12). PIT
3(13). NYM
3(14). KC
3(15). ANA
3(16). HOU (LON Traded Pick for Luis Angel Esparza)
3(17). NYY
3(18). SA
3(19). HOU
3(20). ANA (MC Traded Pick for Mario Zabala)
3(21). LV
3(22). MON
3(23). STL
3(24). ATL
3(25). ANA (BOS Traded Pick for Miguelito Van Essen)
3(26). MIN
3(27). DET
3(28). LAD
3(29). SF
3(30). SD (BAL Traded Pick for Skeeter Bell)
3(31). VAN
3(32). TEX

4th Round

4(1). WAS
4(2). MIN (TB Traded Pick for IFA)
4(3). CIN
4(4). SA (PHI Traded Pick for IFA)
4(5). CWS
4(6). ARI
4(7). SD
4(8). CHC
4(9). SEA
4(10). WAS (TOR Traded Pick for Loan)
4(11). SJ
4(12). PIT
4(13). NYM
4(14). KC
4(15). CWS (ANA Traded Pick for Mitsunari Ishida)
4(16). LON
4(17). NYY
4(18). BAL (SA Traded Pick for IFA)
4(19). HOU
4(20). LON (MC Traded Pick for Edwin Estrada)
4(21). LV
4(22). MON
4(23). SD (STL Traded Pick for Loan, BAL Traded Pick for Skeeter Bell)
4(24). ATL
4(25). CIN (BOS Traded Pick for Loan)
4(26). MIN
4(27). DET
4(28). LAD
4(29). SF
4(30). SF (BAL Traded Pick for Coco Martez)
4(31). VAN
4(32). TEX

5th Round

5(1). WAS
5(2). TB
5(3). CIN
5(4). SA (PHI Traded Pick for IFA)
5(5). CWS
5(6). ARI
5(7). SD
5(8). CHC
5(9). SEA
--- (TOR Loss of Pick for Isokrates Katsoudas)
5(10). SJ
5(11). PIT
5(12). NYM
5(13). KC
5(14). ANA
5(15). LON
5(16). NYY
5(17). CWS (SA Traded Pick for IFA)
5(18). HOU
5(19). MC
5(20). LV
5(21). MON
5(22). STL
5(23). ATL
5(24). BOS
5(25). MIN
5(26). DET
5(27). LAD
5(28). SF
5(29). BAL
5(30). VAN
5(31). TEX

7/1/2019

Waiver Wire

If you would like to place a claim a player on this list, please message me with the player's name in the subject. You may have 48 hours to work out a trade for the player, otherwise, the player will go to the claiming team outright.

For all waivers, you have 2 days to claim a player (See Rule 3.6.1). If a player is not claimed by any team in the first 24-hours, it will become a first-come, first-serve basis for the remaining 24-hours.

*-Transaction not completed yet

ALL TIMES EST

DFA (removes player from the 45-man roster, if not claimed, then you may outright them to Triple-A, or release them)

CHC SP Mark McCormick - expires Sat 6/21 @ 12:30am

--Claimed



--Cleared

ATL C Kevin Parada
PHI SP Jorge Weber
HOU SP Giovanni Garner

Current Waiver Claim Order:

Present Power Ranking Standings/Last Season's Standings (last to first)


Release Waivers (NOTE: payback year is the year in which the offseason falls. ex. paid back 2036 means paid back before the 2036-2037 offseason)

CHC 2B Jaakoppi Espino - $27M left, $14M fee (paid back 2051)
CHC SP Brendan McKey - $8M left, $4M fee (paid back 2051)
BOS SP Macaulay Bellamy - $15M left, $8M fee (paid back 2051)
MC C Terrell Russell- $22M left, $11M fee (paid back 2051)
MC SP Tarquinnious Mack - $40M left, $20M fee (paid back 2051)
MC SP Phil Gabler - $60M left, $30M fee (paid back 2051)
LON OF Basim Lloyd - $2M left, $1M fee (paid back 2051)
LON SP Bryce Barker - $2M left, $1M fee (paid back 2051)
MC OF Ocean Sexton - $40M left, $20M fee (paid back 2051)
TEX SP Bamber Schmitz - $2M left, $1M fee (paid back 2052)
TEX C Kam Krajnc - $1M left, $1M fee (paid back 2052)
ATL C Kevin Parada - $18M left, $9M fee (paid back 2052)