Around MLB 2024

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If the Houston Astros complete their Kyle Tucker trade for 3B Isaac Parades, 3B prospect Cam Smith and pitcher Hayden Wesneski, that certainly would open the door for the New York Yankees to sign 3B Alex Bregman.

 

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Jeff Passan

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The A's are finalizing a trade to acquire left-hander Jeffrey Springs from the Tampa Bay Rays, sources tell ESPN. Multiple players are going in both directions, but with the A's looking to spend, they get a rotation piece in Springs under club control for three more seasons

 

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Héctor Gómez

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SOURCE: The New York Yankees are deep into talks on a trade to acquire Cody Bellinger from the Chicago Cubs. The Yankees are pushing the Cubs to pay at least $10 million of Bellinger’s salary.With two more years remaining in his contract with the Cubs, Cody Bellinger is guaranteed to be paid at least $52 million, which also includes his $25 million opt-out deal with the Cubs.

 

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Foul Territory

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Freddie Freeman’s World Series walk-off grand slam baseball sold for $1.56M at auction.

 

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According to Jon Heyman, the Yankees are “considering” trading for Josh Naylor to fill their first base position.

 

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Bob Nightengale

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Max Fried passes his extensive physical and his eight-year, $218 million contract with the New York Yankees is now official.

 

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Bob Nightengale

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While the New York Yankees are at a stalemate with the Chicago Cubs for OF/1B Cody Bellinger, they have turned their attention to the first-base market.They are engaged in talks with 4 free-agent first basemen: Pete Alonso, Christian Walker, Carlos Santana and Paul Goldschmidt.

 

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Jim Bowden

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Bellinger will play CF with Judge moving back to RF #Yankees

 

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Report: Yankees trade for Cody Bellinger, still in on Walker

The Yankees traded for first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger, their first major move for a hitter and one with possible ripple effects for Christian Walker.

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Bob Nightengale

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The Cubs and Yankees wound up compromising on the money difference and the Cubs will send $5 million to the Yankees in the Bellinger trade. The Yankees will send RHP Cody Poteet to the Cubs, per
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Jeff Passan

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Left-hander Patrick Sandoval and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $18.25 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Sandoval, 28, is coming off Tommy John surgery and expects to return in the second half. He gets a strong deal with Boston looking toward 2026 as well.

 

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Jeff Passan

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The Houston Astros have traded their best player, Kyle Tucker, and are letting go of Alex Bregman, who has the most WAR for them since his first full season in 2017. In the meantime, they will pay first basemen Christian Walker and José Abreu a combined $39.5 million in 2025.
The consequences of an unwillingness to go beyond six years on a contract reveal themselves in moments like this. Bregman and Tucker were drafted and developed by the Astros machine, which will struggle to retain its best talent as long as it places arbitrary restrictions on itself. This is an uncapped sport. The best players get more than six years in free agency.
The Astros remain formidable. A team with Walker, Yordan Álvarez, José Altuve, Yainer Díaz, Jeremy Peña, Framber Valdez, Hunter Brown, Josh Hader and more. They will be a contender and have the talent to win a World Series. But they are an objectively lesser team than last year, and that's no small thing in a close AL West