Lead Story - 11/30/2025

2053 MLB Season Preview

Note: the writing in this article does not necessarily reflect the opinions of bbfan.

Also note, this is being written as if this were before Spring Training.

+++: 100+ wins
++: 90-99 wins
+: 81-89 wins
-: 71-80 wins
--: 61-70 wins
---: <= 60 wins
#: Playoff Berth

AL East

Baltimore Orioles ++#
New York Yankees ++#
Boston Red Sox +
Tampa Bay Rays --

BAL - The Orioles remain as a championship contender in the American League, and at the very least, they will have the opportunity to build around Yoshi Fujita for years to come (although you can wonder if testing what turned out to be a lucrative market would’ve been beneficial). 95+ wins should be the expectation, and depending on the rest of the division, winning the division is a high probability.
BOS - Once again, Boston finds itself in a peculiar position. It lost its star catcher and one of its aces to free agency, yet the team still finds itself in a position to make some sort of a run even through a crowded American League. Ultimately, the Red Sox will go as far as Cretella will carry them, and a really good season depends on an Outlaw resurgence.
NYY - 27 years it took for the New York Yankees to return to the postseason, and they captivated a season in the making by taking the eventual World Series Champions to six games. There isn’t much to report on here; they return almost the same roster that took them to new heights last year, and a youthful roster should continue to progress. The biggest concern is how they continue to work in the future with multiple contracts coming off the books and a tantalizing, robust free agent market.
TB - It’s very hard to convince that the light is closer than it appears after a 120-loss season, but it's a better roster than the 2052 team. Add Schuchard’s farewell season (and goodbye to a $50M+ commitment) and the rich farm system with continued resources to build off of, and the Rays won’t end this decade without meaningful baseball under their belt. 2053 is not the year that starts, though.

AL North

Toronto Blue Jays ++#
Detroit Tigers +
Minnesota Twins --
Chicago White Sox --

CWS - A half-done teardown and 106 losses later, the White Sox are…still trying, apparently. Despite having a poorly constructed roster and despite the tell-tale signs over the last few seasons, the White Sox trot out with hopes of making the postseason. If future drafts go the way they did last season, maybe it’s for the better!
DET - For what it’s worth, the Tigers are still a tremendous team, aided by additions like Skeeter Bell and Quaddus Bryant Jr. this offseason, but their floor has been lowered through little fault of their own. Last year’s competitive division showed how difficult it’ll be to win division titles, and once again, the AL Wild Card picture is so crowded that it’ll be very difficult for anyone in this division to get a look there. Still, the Tigers are contenders with room to grow during the season.
MIN - Minnesota spent this offseason just staring…menacingly. Its star catcher and best starting pitcher are now elsewhere, and every move came at the very end of the offseason. At best, it’s a mediocre year for the Twins, and at worst, it’s an extreme punt on the 2053 season…for whatever reason.
TOR - Apparently, the line for the Blue Jays is Charlie Booth, because after the last two offseasons, the lack of any run at the star catcher is shocking. Instead, they aggressively went after Panchal to be the ace replacement for Ellie Dow Jr., signed a 3B, then signed a clear number one reliever in Gavin Harrington Jr. The glaring holes that existed last year no longer exist, and now a path to becoming World Series contenders is clear in The Six.

AL South

Texas Rangers +++#
San Antonio Bandits ++
Music City Stars +
Kansas City Royals -

KC - Trading Yoshi Fujita proves to be the most asinine decision that the Royals have made since…well, they traded the pick for Corbin Ray Jenson. Naturally, they did everything they could to keep Tristan Cook, then proceeded to play the waiting game yet again in the offseason. Still one of the best defensive teams in the game, Kansas City’s floor can only be so low, but when is it time to raise expectations, some wonder?
MC - If the Royals are the kings of perpetually undermining their ceiling, the Stars are the kings of the polar opposite. While there were many breakouts during the 2052 campaign for Music City, it only resulted in three more wins from 2051 and the firing of first-year manager David Skate for Dejah Mulipola from the Pittsburgh days because of COURSE. It’s a team that can hit and spent draft capital at the deadline improving defense, but it’s still a step too low for the American League.
SA - If you want any proof that the American League is just a gauntlet, try winning 95 games and still being banished from the postseason. Their offense is a bit weaker than the team from last season, but a full season of Cy Young Award winner Alvin Dillard behind a pretty good defense should level the tide. The Bandits remain competitive in the AL.
TEX - If not for the Braves in 2051, we would be talking about the Rangers as looking to be just the second team since 2017 to three-peat this season. Nonetheless, this is about as low doubt as it gets for a team to go back-to-back in a long while. Travert and Waxweiler are gone, and it doesn’t even matter because of their loaded bullpen and depth at second base. It still possesses the most complete lineup in the sport, the platooning brothers notwithstanding. And have you taken a look at their farm system?! Yeah, the Rangers are developing a potential super dynasty in the making, one that would take a monumental screw up to break down.

AL West

Vancouver Vespers ++#
Seattle Mariners ++#
San Jose A's +
Anaheim Angels -

ANA - Similar to the White Sox, someone needs to take the Angels to the side and just tell them that they’re not very good. Instead, they’re the ones that’ll run the Bronx retirement tour, ignore that Chapman is gone, and there’s nothing special coming through the minor league system (yet). They’re the clear worst team in the AL West, and are being ranked as such.
SJ - A small part of the run they had last season was luck, yes, but the Athletics proved that they are a capable team. One of the best offenses in the sport, with one of the best closers and a staff that didn’t embarrass itself, plus defense so good that Dominik Cooke is the designated hitter for this squad? Regression is in play, but calling the A’s a pure luck team would be an insult to the word “luck”.
SEA - Despite never hitting more than five homers in a season, Corbin Ray Jenson is the best player on the planet right now. It’s time to make that declaration. With that, it’s time for the Mariners to start competing. Lorenzo de la Torre will debut this year and will likely be their ace in the stretch run. There’s enough firepower to drive Jenson and Pirozzi in when they’re on base (a lot). The biggest concern for the Mariners is the bullpen, which has to be a high priority at the deadline. Even still, this has to be a breakthrough year for the Mariners, and they have the talent and front office to do it.
VAN - What did we learn last year? The Vespers aren’t entirely invincible, never holding a division lead and barely clinging onto a postseason spot before ultimately falling two games back in the division and six games short of a wild card berth. You cannot ignore the +124 run differential from last year’s team, nor can you ignore the addition of Tamayo this offseason. Last year was just a blip, and Vancouver should return to World Series contender status this season.

National League

NL East

New York Mets +#
London Lions +
Philadelphia Phillies -
Washington Nationals ---

LON - The Lions have won the division for three straight years, but a lot of that is arguably because the Mets twiddled their thumbs and the Phillies and Nationals were absolutely horrendous. With the Mets finally deciding to spend substantially and the Phillies having the offseason of a lifetime, the NL East is no longer a walk in the park. While the Lions aren’t a poor team — they can certainly hit — and likely underperformed last season, the rest of the division catching up is a possibility.
NYM - The funny part about the New York Mets is the random spurts when they remember they have a truckload of cash that they can spend, and that they did, specifically on a new ace and one of the best relievers in the sport. That also doesn’t consider their 10th overall pick in the previous draft and Wallace DuPuis, who could (and probably should?) start the season in the major leagues. A division crown is very possible, and the NL East doesn’t look like a division that will be walked over this offseason.
PHI - The Phillies took their big step this offseason, spending massive money on Charlie Booth to be their star of the present and future, and completes one of the teams to follow this season. A top-heavy offense and their Cuban ace are the big names for Philadelphia’s future. Cautious predictions say that it’s a year too early, especially because any further, and we’d be predicting a 25+ win swing, but a return to playoff contention shouldn’t be a shock.
WAS - Any sort of playoff contention for the Nationals would be the shock of the century. The rotation is horrible after Shimomura, there are no prospects to look out for on the major league roster, and half the coaching staff, including the manager, are the veterans who were designated for assignment over the last year. It is clear that this is a long-term rebuild; the question is for how long?

NL North

Montreal Expos +#
Chicago Cubs +
Pittsburgh Pirates -
Cincinnati Reds ---

CHC - The Cubs fell out of the postseason late last season, so they elected to turn around half of Quaddus Bryant Jr’s salary into Chapman, Gose, and a whole lot of quantity and depth. A postseason run is possible, but they’ll be in a division (and a league) with similarly built, hungry teams. Time will tell if they are the cream of the crop and have a chance to shatter century-long droughts.
CIN - The good news is that the Reds will have somewhat competent ownership and leadership for the first time in a long while, and that bodes well for the future. The Kwang-sik Nam contract has to age well for this offseason to be a big-time hit, but an actual building foundation was set. The bad news…I don’t know if they’re that much better than the 117 losses they presented last season, and based on their current payroll situation, that’s not a good thing if they want to continue building.
MON - Very quickly, the answer to what’s slowing down the Expos is age…fast. Summers is no longer an elite player, Aleshire is trying for a rebound season at 36, Beckham is getting up there fast (goodness, we are old, what do you mean Mike’s son is nearing the tail end of his career?!) In a wonky NL North, they should be fine, but what’s next for the future of this team will be a topic of conversation.
PIT - Best season for the Pirates since the return of Dale Waller, so what do they run this offseason? Run SOS, time to pay a lot of money for another reliever! Unfortunately, the rotation was simply patched with a rookie, and Jerry Hesterson (who did pitch a perfect game in the World Series), and the Phunphoem investment might’ve been a mistake, but…Albinson.

NL South

St. Louis Cardinals ++#
Houston Astros +#
Atlanta Braves +
Arizona Diamondbacks --

ARI - Once again, the Diamondbacks do the thing of “I got money, play for me”, and some guys say yes. 102 losses last year were way below expectations, but the expectations are mediocrity, especially when compared to other NL South teams.
ATL - I’m just going to put it this way: 2051 was the season of a lifetime for the Braves. Half that team has departed since then; they couldn’t secure Dillard, and it took heavy convincing to get Mains off the market. The floor cannot be that low with the talent it does have, but the ceiling will continue to be low with what they currently have.
HOU - After back-to-back years of underperforming, the Astros decided, “let’s overperform and still finish over .500”, so now everyone’s confused. Devin Bell raises expectations quite a bit, and Eun-seong Son showed a lot of promise in his rookie season. The expectations should be a postseason berth, but with the way Houston has performed the past few seasons, that’s far from a sure thing.
STL - The reigning National League Champions added a superstar catcher to their lineup as their big move this offseason, and now the fun really begins for the Cardinals. Last year was a breakout year for them, and now it looks like they could take over the best team in the National League spot. As of now, they are the clear best in the NL South and prime World Series contenders.

NL West

San Francisco Giants ++#
Los Angeles Dodgers ++#
Las Vegas Gamblers +
San Diego Padres --

LV - Apparently, the answer to the question “what happens to the Gamblers in the post-Nikolai era?” is “they’ll be ight”. That’s through no fault of Nikolai, but through credit to the Gamblers, who got everything possible from that deal and replaced most of his production farely well. This offseason, Ellie Dow Jr. signed as an exceptional number two in the rotation, Zach Alford is back for the vibes, and Xaryus Clayton serves to be a good addition to the lineup (or, at the very least, gets Chandler off the field). Postseason contention is the play for the Gamblers, but a run wouldn’t be out of the question.
LAD - The biggest complaint about the Dodgers last offseason was they no longer had elite defense, so this offseason, they picked up Mizohtani and Waxweiler and called it an offseason (that’s not what happened, they also tried to pick up one of the two superstar catchers, but that ruins the punchline of this blub, so I’m going to ignore it). Now the red flag is the fact that the young rookie contracts, the farm that they were building while somehow winning 100 games every year, haven’t broken out (other than Cash), and a lot of them are anchoring a staff led by a fading Fahrenholz and an “Outstanding” Bryant. An excellent season likely means that they have found their way, but they’re running out of chances for that to happen in LA.
SD - We are entering year six of the Du-Ri Park era, the Padres still haven’t found a way to build a damn thing around him, and now I’m just copying and pasting from the previous season previews. That should tell you all you need to know.
SF - The Giants are no longer the clear best in the National League through no fault of their own. Seriously, they’re still an elite offensive team, and an Almeida resurgence would do wonders for something that was a concern last year. World Series contention and a legitimate chance to win it all remain on the table for San Francisco.

Postseason

AL

1. Texas Rangers
2. Baltimore Orioles
3. Vancouver Vespers
4. Toronto Blue Jays
WC #1. New York Yankees
WC #2. Seattle Mariners

NL

1. San Francisco Giants
2. St. Louis Cardinals
3. New York Mets
4. Montreal Expos
WC #1. Los Angeles Dodgers
WC #2. Houston Astros

WC Series:

AL: SEA @ VAN → VAN (in 3)
NYY @ TOR → TOR (in 3)

Re-seed: (1) TEX, (2) BAL, (3) VAN, (4) TOR

NL: HOU @ NYM → NYM (in 2)
LAD @ MON → LAD (in 2)

Re-seed: (1) SF, (2) STL, (3) LAD, (4) NYM

ALDS: TOR @ TEX → TEX (in 4)
VAN @ BAL → VAN (in 4)

NLDS: NYM @ SF → SF (in 4)
LAD @ STL → STL (in 5)

LCS

ALCS: VAN @ TEX → TEX (in 6)

NLCS: STL @ SF → SF (in 6)

World Series: SF @ TEX → SF (in 6)

(Annual Cubs Lack of Championship Counter: 145 years…)

10/10/2025

Free Agency: Things to Know

Players offered Qualifying Offers

Type A ($42M, min. $17M if not signed by the start of spring training)

LAD OF Devin Bell (signed by HOU, 1st Round Pick Protected, loss of 2nd Round Pick)
SA SP Kip Bird (accepted QO)
BOS C Charlie Booth (signed by PHI, 1st Round Pick Protected, 2nd Round Pick Traded, loss of 2054 2nd Round Pick)
ARI OF Bojan Metz (accepted QO)

Type B ($23M, min. $9M if not signed by start of spring training)

MC SP Marco Metzig (accepted QO)
MC SP Taveon Betts (signed by PHI, 2nd Round Pick Protected, 3rd Round Pick Traded, loss of 2054 3rd Round Pick)
LAD SS Sammie Fay (signed by TOR, 2nd Round Pick Traded, loss of 2054 2nd Round Pick)
LAD SS Miles Quincy (re-signed by LAD)
SF 1B Otilio Tamayo (signed by VAN, 2nd Round Pick Protected, loss of 3rd Round Pick)
SA OF Diamond Margot (re-signed by SA)
BOS SP Clarke Bellamy (signed by SF, loss of 2nd Round Pick)
ANA SP Phoenix Chapman (signed by CHC, 2nd Round Pick Protected, loss of 3rd Round Pick)
DET SS Da'Vante Roberson (signed by CWS, 2nd Round Pick Protected, loss of 3rd Round Pick)
BAL 1B Channing Hightower (maxed out)

Amateur International Free Agent Budgets



International Free Agents

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

(L) C/RF Cesare Spada (Italian) # - BAL
(S) C/3B Chilton Najae (Jamaican) # - MC
(L) 2B/3B Christian Alexandersson (Swedish) # - TB
(R) 2B/IF Sang-wook Hung (South Korean) # - CWS
(R) 3B/OF Akeem Johnson (Nigerian) # - CIN
(L) 3B/2B Rames Chaudhri (Indian) # - PHI
(R) SS/IF Adam Ross (Australian) # - CIN
(R) SS/2B Juan Manuel Exposito (Spanish) # - ANA
(R) SS/IF Brando Pozzi (Italian) # - LAD
(R) OF Lalit Khan (Indian) # - DET
(R) OF/2B Suratman Setiawan (Indonesian) # - TEX

(LHP) SP Shri Haladar (Indian) # - BAL
(LHP) SP Yamato Ishii (Japanese) # - SD
(RHP) SP Amir Santoro (Italian) # - CIN
(RHP) SP Jae-seop Hu (South Korean) # - BAL

(L) C/1B Aaron Villasenor (Venezuelan) (WBC) - MIN
(S) 1B/DH Symon Eremenko (Ukranian) - SA
(R) 2B/OF Jia Wei Zhuge (Chinese) - CWS
(R) 2B/IF Brett Rodgers (Australian) (WBC) - BOS
(R) 3B/1B Pedro Cavazos (Venezuela) (WBC) - WAS
(L) SS/3B Jesus Antonio Castillo (Mexican) (WBC) - HOU
(L) SS/UTIL Kwang-sik Nam (South Korean) - CIN
(R) OF/C Alonso Ballesteros (Peruvian) (WBC) - ATL
(R) OF Michael Luna (Peruvian) - WAS
(S) RF/1B Zakhar Volkova (Ukranian) - SA
(S) DH Angus McKay (Australian) - WAS

(RHP) SP Tsegaye Etagegn (Ethiopian) - ARI
(LHP) SP Jirō Iwamoto (Japanese) - ATL
(RHP) RP Giacomo Conti (Italian) (WBC) - ATL
(RHP) RP Marius Braun (German) (WBC) - MIN
(RHP) RP Conrad Wagner (German) (WBC) - BAL

10/10/2025

Offseason

End of World Series-Nov. 1: Pre-Offseason
Nov. 2-Nov. 30: Offseason/Entire progress of Free Agency
Nov. 5: QO Accepting Deadline
Nov. 9: Last Day for Relocation Requests (to be considered for the 2053 season)
Nov. 12: Rookie Non-Tender Deadline (after second year or later)
Nov. 12: Rule 5 Draft Protecting Players Deadline/45-Man Roster Moratorium
Nov. 14-16: Rule 5 Draft
Nov. 23: Preliminary Roster/Lineup Deadline (for test sims)
Dec. 1-Dec. 6: MLB Cup Tournament
Dec. 8: Regular Season

Extensions Signed (during season)

ATL SP Ben Mains $60M/1yr, then $40M/2yrs, then $35M/5yrs ($2M increase for an All-Star season, $3M increase for a Top 3 Cy Young Award season)
SA RP D’Mario Morton $10M/2yrs, then $15M/2yrs
SJ RP Kwong-Sun Ryu $21M/2yrs, then $23M/2yrs, then $25M/2yrs, then $27M/2yrs, then $29M/2yrs, $1M increase for each All-Star season/SJ postseason appearance, $30M mutual options for 11th-15th years
KC 2B Herbert Trosky $2M/1yr
KC SP Tristan Cook $50M/10yrs
ATL 2B Trevor Bailey $6M/2yrs
LON SP Glyn Metcalf $25M/8yrs

Extensions signed (pre-offseason)

CHC RP Greg Horinski $10M/2yrs
BAL OF Yoshi Fujita $40M/5yrs, then $45M/4yrs, then $35M/4yrs
SA SP Alvin Dillard $30M/2yrs, then $50M/2yrs, then $60M/4yrs, then $50M/2yrs, no-trade clause
ARI 1B Remington Hairston $20M/6yrs, $1M increase for each All-Star season, $1M increase for each 100-hit season, $25M player option for a 7th Year
LON SP Mark McCormick $5M/1yr
LON OF Cillian Palmer $5M/1yr
ATL C Benedikt Lamon $5M/1yr
CIN C Juan Morales $16M/3yrs
CIN OF Slava Elizondo $11M/3yrs
PIT SP Lucero Campos $25M/3yrs, player option for 4th year
LV SS Jimmy Joserin $12M/1yr
SEA OF Amari Niblack $30M/3yrs/-$3M per year, $20M perpetual player options
ATL SP Caden Cole $12M/1yr
NYM OF Lisandro Inoue $40M/4yrs
ATL OF Byung Choi $8M/1yr
NYM RP Kamoni Steele $13M/2yrs
MIN SP Phil Meredith $15M/1yr
BAL 2B Gil-Dong Hong $3M/1yr
BAL RP Darcy Miles $3M/1yr
BAL OF Dexter Wayne $1M/1yr
CIN 2B Twink Jones $5M/2yrs
ANA 2B Yolando Thompson $28M/2yrs
VAN C Amar Ireland $5M/1yr
TOR C Navin Sammy $2M/2yrs, $1M increase for an 80+ GS season
LAD RP Augusto Samuels $5M/1yr
CHC SS Ambrozy Zyskowski $40M/5yrs
PHI 2B Branson George $17M/1yr
BAL SP Josh Benjamin $16M/1yr, $13M player option for 2nd year
LV 2B Zach Alford $10M/2yrs

Completed Deals

SF SP Clarke Bellamy $20M/1yr
HOU RP Terrance Stone $6M/1yr
SF C Everett Nic $2M/1yr
CHC OF Laurence Gose $20M/1yr, then $28M/2yrs, $28M vesting option for Cubs World Series appearance
TB OF Krew Aron Harper $40M/4yrs/-$5M per year, $15M player option for 5th year ($20M for postseason appearance)
TB RP General Makers $25M/2yrs/-$5M per year, $2M increase for sub-3.00 ERA/25+ SV season
STL 2B Jules Mauvieux $1M/1yr
STL OF Chan-Won Lee $1M/1yr
ATL RP Jackson Smith $4M/1yr
NYM SP Kai Cooper $26M/2yrs, $1M increase for a sub-3.25 ERA season/World Series appearance, player option for 3rd year
LV C Willy Groves $1M/2yrs
CWS RP Varrien Marshall $6M/3yrs, $1M increase for each 10+ SO/9 season
CIN SS Kris Grey $8M/4yrs
ATL RP Ralph White $4M/1yr
SA 1B Symon Eremenko $12M/1yr
SA RF Zakhar Volkova $2M/1yr
SF RP George Almeida $15M/1yr
MC SP Da’Quintin Roberts $10M/2yrs, $15M/4yrs player option for 3rd-6th years
BAL 1B Felix Munoz $5M/2yrs
BAL SS Francis McClelland $3M/2yrs
MON C Bailey Fletcher $15M/3yrs
PHI RP Donn Blankenship $16M/6yrs
CIN SP Charles Wright $7M/3yrs, $1M increase for an All-Star season/sub-4.00 ERA season, club option for 4th year
ATL SP Jiro Iwamoto $10M/1yr
CWS SS Da’Vante Roberson $25M/4yrs/+$1M per year, $1M increase for each 20+ HR season, $25M mutual option for 5th year
NYM SP Gervasio German $18M/3yrs, $1M increase for a sub-3.25 ERA season/World Series appearance, player option for 4th year
ATL RP Indiana Berry $6M/1yr
SF SS Linwood Gill $2M/1yr
VAN IF Jayar Roberts $16M/1yr
DET SP Marvin Ilbert $11M/3yrs
CWS OF Trey Gwynn $15M/1yr, $12M mutual option for 2nd year
CIN RP Edwin Delgado $9M/2yrs
ARI 2B Abram Rodgers $11M/4yrs, $1M increase for each All-Star/Gold Glove season
SA OF Diamond Margot $25M/2yrs, then $30M/1yr
KC C Rogers Myerson $10M/1yr
LAD OF Arun Csorba $1M/1yr
KC C Bear Disney $1M/1yr
LAD 2B Martin L. Lawrence Jr. $1M/1yr
KC SS Balbino Silveira $5M/1yr
KC OF Prince Irving-Hamilton $9M/1yr
ATL SP Madison Bell $12M/1yr
KC OF Wally Corbin $7M/1yr
KC OF Mauricio Vicario $6M/1yr
TB C Craymor Wallace $3M/1yr
KC RP Santiago Quezada $1M/1yr
LON 3B Abdul Dallal $8M/2yrs, mutual option for 3rd year
LV LF Xaryus Clayton $21M/4yrs
CWS 2B Sang-wook Hung $9M (Amateur IFA)
DET SS Skeeter Bell $24M/2yrs/-$6M per year
CWS RP Markeys Battle $9M/3yrs, $1M increase for each 10+ SO/9 season
CIN SS Adam Ross $10M (Amateur IFA)
STL RP Mathis Carre $5M/3yrs
ARI SP Tsegaye Etagegn $35M/11yrs, No-Trade Clause, $1M increase for an All-Star season/250+ SO season, $5M increase for a Cy Young Award season, $30M Player Option for a 12th Year
NYM RP Emilien Travert $26M/2yrs, $1M increase for a sub-3.00 ERA season/World Series appearance, player option for 3rd year
HOU 3B Noel Gonzalez-Houston $6M/1yr
SF OF Harrison Greenwood $2M/1yr
NYM C Eddie Carter $6M/1yr
SF 1B Idu Kalu $2M/1yr
NYM SS Bertan Tavares $14M/1yr, mutual option for 2nd year
PHI SP Taveon Betts $26M/1yr
PIT RP Geoffrey Lindsey $20M/1yr, $5M increase for each 30+ SV season, player options for 2nd-3rd seasons, player option for 4th-5th years
PHI SP Shaquille Greene $34M/2yrs/+$10M per year, then $39M/2yrs
CHC 2B Kang Xu $9M/2yrs
LON SP Declan Powell $5M/2yrs
TOR OF Topher Grace $2M/1yr
TOR OF Tommie Mathis $1M/2yrs
NYM RP Oliver Charleston $12M/1yr
TOR SS Sammie Fay $16M/2yrs
CWS RP J.R. Nixon $6M/3yrs/-$1M per year
MC C Chilton Najae $9M (Amateur IFA)
CIN SP Amir Santoro $10M (Amateur IFA)
DET OF Quaddus Bryant Jr. $14M/1yr, vesting option for 2nd year for .777+ OPS
CIN RP Young O’Connell $13M/4yrs, $1M increase for an All-Star season/top 3 ROTY season, $15M club option for 5th year
CHC 1B Rabbit Kuo $1M/1yr
CIN SS Jesus Esquivel $15M/2yrs
CHC C Alex Sample $4M/1yr
CHC OF Zeno Johansen $1M/1yr
ANA SS LaQuaveon Demontraveous $20M/1yr
ANA OF Jayceon Jones $19M/1yr
ANA OF Jerome Carpenter $6M/1yr
CHC SP Phoenix Chapman $33M/1yr, then $35M/4yrs, $3M increase for an All-Star season/CHC World Series appearance
CHC C Jaroslav Hunnicutt $1M/1yr
LV SP Ellie Dow Jr. $45M/1yr, then $35M/3yrs, then $30M/1yr, $1M increase for each 20+ win/sub-3.50 ERA season/postseason appearance (max $2M/season)
TB SP Diego Clark $17M/2yrs
CWS 2B Jia Wei Zhuge $13M/3yrs, mutual option for 4th year
CIN SS Kwang-sik Nam $24M/10yrs, $1M increase for an All-Star/Gold Glove/Silver Slugger season, $2M increase for a 200+ hit season, $3M increase for a Top 3 MVP season, $30M/2yrs player option for 11th-12th years
CIN 3B Akeem Johnson $4M (Amateur IFA)
TB 2B Christian Alexandersson $5M (Amateur IFA)
PHI SS Yukinaga Gonishi $20M/1yr, then $25M/1yr
SF RP Rod Miernicki $5M/1yr
STL 1B Unyque Sanders $4M/1yr, $5M vesting option for .250+ AVG or .700+ OPS
STL C Teodoro Zamorano $1M/1yr
CIN 1B Beau Sweeney $5M/3yrs
ATL RP Giacomo Conti $4M/1yr
LAD 2B Bojan Waxweiler $18M/2yrs
DET RP Kilian Klossner $3M/1yr, then $6M/2yrs
TOR SP Sarvesh Panchal $35M/1yr, then $60M/2yrs/+$5M per year, then $40M/1yr, then $35M/4yrs
BAL C Cesare Spada $4M (Amateur IFA)
TOR RP Gavin Harrington Jr. $16M/2yrs/+$4M per year, then $25M/1yr, S1M increase for an All-Star season
LAD SS Hiroki Mizohtani $18M/2yrs
WAS DH Angus McKay $18M/5yrs
SD 2B Kyu-Bong Bong $23M/1yr
SD RP Andrew Gill $12M/1yr
BOS C Joe Ledger $5M/1yr
SD SS Daniel St. Sample $25M/1yr
SD SS Ra’aed Black $19M/1yr
KC 3B Joe Helfrich $3M/1yr
BOS RP York Yong $1M/1yr
SD OF Bob deBoaters $21M/1yr
BOS C Oliver Newman $1M/1yr
SD OF Juan Jose Reyes $16M/1yr
KC SP Byron Salome $10M/1yr
SD OF Glen Sharp $12M/1yr
MON RP Lowell Gabriels $3M/3yrs
SD SP Kiran Paquet $20M/1yr
SD RP Kyle Sharp $8M/1yr
KC SP Phil Gabler $10M/1yr
SD RP Nikau Lynwood $8M/1yr
BOS RP Yech Orban $1M/1yr
SD RP Addler Martin $7M/1yr
KC OF Tommy Chow $2M/1yr
SD RP Cruz Balan $7M/1yr
SD 2B Brett Rodgers $4M/1yr
ARI SS Hector Ingram $2M/1yr
BOS SP Osiel Ricos $3M/1yr
BOS RP Brycen Pate $3M/1yr
KC LF Damarko Bailey $2M/1yr
BOS RP Shawn Passanti $1M/1yr
KC SS Anthony Lipps $2M/1yr
SEA OF Sandip Paul $2M/2yrs
PHI 3B Rames Chaudhri $13M (Amateur IFA)
BAL SP Jae-seop Hu $6M (Amateur IFA)
ANA C Valentin Vasquez $10M/2yrs
ANA SS Arsene Daviau $6M/1yr
PHI C Charlie Booth $30M/2yr/+$74M per year, then $100M/5yrs, then $56M/3yrs, $40M player options for 11th-15th years (multiple vesting options for 11th-15th years)*
(1.100+ would vest at $63M/1.000+ would vest at $55M/.900+ would vest at $49M/.820+ would vest at $44M/less than .820 ops over past 2 seasons ends the vesting and Booth gets as many player option of $40M as it takes to get to 15 years contact)
HOU SS Jesus Antonio Castillo $7M/1yr
KC OF Adalberto D. Soriano $11M/1yr
BAL SP Shri Haladar $10M (Amateur IFA)
VAN 1B Otilio Tamayo $30M/1yr, no-trade clause, no QO guarantee
NYM OF Jung-Hee Ok $5M/1yr
HOU SP Miguelito Van Essen $2M/1yr
ANA SS Juan Manuel Exposito $1M (Amateur IFA)
ATL OF Alonso Ballesteros $5M/1yr
CHC SP Ariel Jack $3M/1yr
STL OF Diego Corcero $1M/1yr
DET SP Tabo Okubo $2M/1yr
TEX OF Suratman Setiawan $13M (Amateur IFA)
SF OF Steel McCutchen $5M/1yr
BAL RP Conrad Wagner $1M/1yr
LAD SS Miles Quincy $65M/1yr, then $12M/3yrs
DET OF Lalit Khan $3M (Amateur IFA)
LAD SS Brando Pozzi $1M (Amateur IFA)
STL C Makai Sexton $45M/3yrs/+$15M per year, then $70M/4yrs, then $65M/3yrs/-$5M per year, $1M on-time increase for a 50+ HR season, $3M one-time increase for a STL World Series Championship, $40M vesting option for 11th year for .840+ OPS in 10th year
WAS 3B Pedro Cavazos $25M/1yr
WAS OF Karon Foxx $25M/1yr
WAS OF Michael Luna $17M/1yr
WAS 1B Marshall Phillips $13M/1yr
MON 3B Hjalmar Aleshire $10M/3yrs
STL 3B Carter Lockwood $1M/1yr
MON SP Jax Buchholz $13M/2yrs
LAD C Parker Graham $2M/1yr
PIT SP Jerry Hesterson $7M/2yrs, $3M increase for 150+ SO season
SD SP Yamato Ishii $5M (Amateur IFA)
TEX 2B Daryl Ready $1M/1yr
TEX SS Randolph Myers $1M/1yr
TEX 3B Bruce Gonzales $1M/1yr
TEX RP Dario Caruso $2M/1yr
TEX RP Kian Hawkins $1M/1yr
HOU OF Devin Bell $75M/1yr, then $46+M/1yr, $2M increase for each All-Star/45+ HR season, $10M increase for an MVP season, $30M player option for 3rd year
ATL 3B Zaire Franklin $5M/1yr
BAL OF Joshua Grazano $1M/1yr
BAL 3B Scott Lang $1M/1yr
BAL 2B Vincent Novascotia $1M/1yr
BAL SS Wayne Brucester $1M/1yr
BAL 1B Anthony Trascini $1M/1yr
MIN C Gene Floyd $23M/1yr
MIN RF Runi Nickleby $10M/1yr
MIN OF Henry Zimmerman $10M/1yr
MIN 3B Makariy Cameron $7M/1yr
MIN C Aaron Villasenor $4M/1yr
MIN RP Marius Braun $2M/1yr
MIN RP Deolis Guerra $3M/1yr
MIN RP Alex McDowell $2M/1yr
MIN RP Cameron Hare $1M/1yr
MIN RP Rex Pizzaro $1M/1yr
MIN SP Emilio Lopez $4M/1yr
TEX C Percival Taylor $1M/1yr
CIN SP Sid Orwoll $4M/1yr
CIN OF LeRoyce Harmon $2M/1yr
CIN 3B Arturo Rodriguez-Warner $3M/1yr

Pending Offers

None

Amateur IFAs

None

7/24/2025

Budget Premier (Last Updated: 11/20/25) and Future Traded $$$

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

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

Future

2053-54
TOR Trades $7M loan to ANA (2054)

2054-55
LV Trades $12M loan to TOR (2056)

2055-56
BOS Trades $41M loan to PHI (2056)

League Chat Box

12/11/2023

Traded Picks

Traded Picks:

2053 Draft Order:



2054 Traded Picks:

BAL Loses 2054 2nd Rd Pick (MLB Cup Forfeiture)
BAL Trades 2054 4th Rd Pick to ARI (IFA)
CHC Trades 2054 3rd Rd Pick to TB (Loan & 2054 4th)
CWS Trades 2054 3rd Rd Pick to NYM (IFA)
LV Trades 2054 3rd Rd Pick to DET (for 2B Brown)
MC Trades 2054 3rd Rd Pick to STL (3-Team Trade; OF Youkilis)
MC Trades 2054 4th Rd Pick to TB (Loan & 2053 5th)
PHI Loses 2054 2nd Round Pick (C. Booth)
PHI Loses 2054 3rd Round Pick (T. Betts)
SA Trades 2054 4th Rd Pick to TB (Loan)
SEA Trades 2054 3rd Rd Pick to STL (C Carroll)
SJ Trades 2054 2nd Rd Pick to BAL (Loan)
STL Trades 2054 1st Rd Pick to LAD (Loan)
STL Trades 2054 2nd Rd Pick to TB (for 1B Levitt & RP Evans)
TB Trades 2054 4th Rd Pick to CHC (2054 3rd)
TOR Trades 2054 1st Rd Pick to MIN (for RF Sanz & RP Caldwell)
TOR Loses 2054 2nd Round Pick (S. Fay)

12/22/2019

Rule 5 Drafted Players

TB - RP Eddie Andrews (ANA), 2B Lane Martinez (STL)
CWS - 2B Per Griff (SD), OF Nathaniel Harper (PIT), 1B Antonio Schmidt (MIN)
PHI - 3B Howard Murry (ANA)
WAS - SP Colin Beaumont (BOS)
ANA - RP Turner Borkowski (KC), SP Tanner Ellison (STL)
NYM - RP Milo Stevens (CWS)
CHC - OF Sergio Bermudez (CWS)
LON - RF Michael Ward (DET), 3B Len Cohen (DET), 2B Sandeep Hughes (STL)
DET - OF Avondre Whitaker (MIN)
LAD - RP Urelles Thomas (TEX)
VAN - SP Thierno Mclaughlin (KC), 1B Jordan Schuster (NYM)
TEX - OF Ronnie Gordon (ATL), 3B Rod Jeanes (ARI), RP Aiden Lee (CWS)

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)

NYM 2B Preston Porter - expires Sat 11/22 @ 2am
NYM 1B Marty Wormley - expires Sat 11/22 @ 2am
NYM 1B Joel Flynn - expires Sat 11/22 @ 2am
WAS SP Jeramy Parker - expires Sat 11/22 @ 2am
WAS 2B George Savage - expires Sat 11/22 @ 2am
WAS 3B Paul Adams - expires Sat 11/22 @ 1:15pm
WAS RF Charles Fulton - expires Sat 11/22 @ 1:15pm
WAS 2B Arnulfo MacDonald - expires Sun 11/23 @ 11:45pm
NYM C Javon Harmon - expires Mon 11/24 @ 1:15am
NYM OF Chris McFarland - expires Mon 11/24 @ 1:15am
NYM 2B Dave Sparks - expires Mon 11/24 @ 1:15am
NYM 1B Bill Lowe - expires Mon 11/24 @ 1:15am
CIN C Nicolas Cahill - expires Tues 11/25 @ 1pm
CIN 1B Coby Murphy - expires Tues 11/25 @ 1pm
CIN 2B Damani Pringle - expires Tues 11/25 @ 1pm

--Claimed

DET RP Murice Hutchinson (MC)
DET OF Cliff Dawson (SF)

--Cleared

WAS 1B Orpheus Stubblefield
WAS RP Austin Bell
WAS CL Elliot May
SEA SS Arsene Daviau
SEA 2B Daryl Ready
SEA 2B Martin Lawrence Jr.
PHI 2B Elmer Neal
PHI SS Michael White
PHI SS Hedley Daelman
CHC OF Quaddus Bryant Jr.
ARI SP Sanjay Craig
ARI 3B Saxon Struna

Current Waiver Claim Order:

Present Power Ranking Standings/Last Season's Standings (last to first)
Music City Stars
San Francisco Giants

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)

SEA SS Arsene Daviau - $12M left, $6M fee (paid back 2053)
SEA 2B Daryl Ready - $8M left, $4M fee (paid back 2053)
SEA 2B Martin Lawrence Jr. - $15M left, $8M fee (paid back 2053)
CHC OF Quaddus Bryant Jr. - $55M left, $28M fee (paid back 2053)

STL SP Charles Wright - $51M left, $39M fee (paid back 2055)

7/1/2019

Award Winners

MVP
AL: VAN RF Carter BRaun
NL: SD C Du-Ri Park

Cy Young:
AL: ATL/SA SP Alvin Dillard
NL: STL SP Calum Cossairt

Rookie of the Year
AL: BOS SP Clement Carter
NL: LAD SP Jarious Cash
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Hank Aaron Award
AL: VAN RF Carter Braun
NL: SD C Du-Ri Park

Breakout Player of the Year
AL: KC SP Tristan Cook/BAL OF Yoshi Fujita
NL: LAD OF Ally Feldt

Mariano Rivera AL/Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year
AL: SJ CL Kwong-Sun Ryu
NL: PIT RP Hampton Atkins
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AL Gold Glove
C: NYY Judson Hillebrand
1B: KC Lee Klimkowski
2B: KC Herbert Trosky
3B: TEX Ruben Sepulveda
SS: SEA Corbin Ray Jenson
OF: BAL Jake Pennysworth
OF: CWS Mauricio Vicario
OF: TEX Ejiroghene Kayode

NL Gold Glove
C: ARI Steven Solanke
1B: WAS Grant Tauchman
2B: CHC Ambrozy Zyskowski
3B: ARI Andrew Yewcic
SS: LON Younghoe Lee
OF: STL Idris Bridges
OF: ATL Jakob Meier
OF: LON Jason Trixie

AL Silver Sluggers
C: BOS Charlie Booth
1B: NYY Giogios Diamantopoulous
2B: SJ Peter Trincenti
3B: KC Sawyer Shaw
SS: NYY Christos Diamantopoulous
OF: VAN Carter Braun
OF: BOS Dzhozef Cretella
OF: TOR Samen Nikolai
DH: TEX Knox Vasquez

NL Silver Sluggers
C: SD Du-Ri Park
1B: LON Luis Angel Esparza
2B: CHC Ambrozy Zyskowski
3B: LV Wakee Chandler
SS: LON Younghoe Lee
OF: LAD Ally Feldt
OF: NYM Lisandro Inoue
OF: STL Tae Reese
DH: NYM Feliciano Jaimez

AL Platinum Glove: SEA SS Corbin Ray Jenson
NL Platinum Glove: STL OF Idris Bridges