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Mister Ferro said:
I'm forever grateful for what El Bombi, Jonah Heim & Marcus did in '23 in the WS win.
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If you went back to this moment and told Rangers fans that all three of those guys wouldn't be on the team three years later, they'd have probably laughed. But after two straight seasons of missing the postseason with each of them declining hard, the Rangers had to make some changes.
Adolis and Heim are the kind of free agents you give a 1 year or 2 year with options deal, as maybe a change of scenery will get them back on track. I wouldn't mind my Dodgers taking a chance on Adolis if they miss out on Tucker.

Dylan Cease is the first big free agent to change teams. He signs with the Blue Jays on a 7 year, $210 million deal. Blue Jays aren't staying complacent.
source: https://x.com/JonHeyman/status/1993820989512405273
 
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Jeff Kent has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame after the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee voted him in.
Kent received 14 votes (87.5 percent) from the 16-member panel, clearing the 12 needed for election. Carlos Delgado finished with nine votes (56.3 percent), while Dale Murphy and Don Mattingly each received six votes (37.5 percent).
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela each received fewer than five votes.
The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will next consider player candidates in 2028 for the 2029 Induction year, as part of the three-year era committee cycle. By rule, candidates who received fewer than five votes in this election are not eligible for consideration by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee in 2028.
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I'm sorry, but I don't think Jeff Kent is a Hall of Famer. I liked watching him play and he was very good, but I never once thought "this guy is a Hall of Famer." The Hall of Fame needs to have much higher standards again. They're starting to let in a bunch of stat compilers who played forever instead of genuinely great players.
 
Dale Murphy and Don Mattingly are just gonna take up slots on there for all eternity at this rate.

In a way I'm glad that Valenzuela got in because that would open a whole can of worms of flash in the pan pitchers like Gooden, Saberhagen, Lincecum, Carpenter etc. Was really good to start out and then was just ok. Honestly Gooden out of those I think I would be more ok with but still that era had Ryan, Morris, Sutton etc. It isnt like now where someone like Tim Hudson and Mark Buerhle have impressive records compared to their peers.
 
Kermit the Frog said:
The Phillies re-sign Kyle Schwarber to a 5-year, $150 million deal
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Expected
Kermit the Frog said:
The Dodgers sign Edwin Diaz to a 3-year, $69 million deal
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Not too unexpected, though I am surprised it's only for 3 years. I thought he would want a bigger one to capitlize on his season since he's getting old. He still might be good enough for a new, sizeable contract after this one is done.
 
Looseleaf Paper said:
Not too unexpected, though I am surprised it's only for 3 years. I thought he would want a bigger one to capitlize on his season since he's getting old. He still might be good enough for a new, sizeable contract after this one is done.
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Not really relievers and closers have fun aging curves so it makes sense to sign for only a few years.
 
I watched a remade YouTube video from one of the few English Youtubers who talks about the NPB's history, Gaijin Baseball.

And I see a new segment appended to the end about Roki Sasaki's posting to the MLB:

I was not aware of the underhanded shit that happened around it. This might be something interesting to keep a pin on in case it comes up in a few years.
 
Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami has signed with the White Sox for 2 years, $34 million. It's surprising he's not getting a bigger deal, but his market really must not have developed at all. He had to make a decision by the 22nd because that's when the posting window closed. This comes across as more of a "prove it" situation than anything.
 
Kermit the Frog said:
It's surprising he's not getting a bigger deal, but his market really must not have developed at all. He had to make a decision by the 22nd because that's when the posting window closed. This comes across as more of a "prove it" situation than anything.
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Absolutely. And I'm betting on Murakami leaving the White Sox after those only two seasons if he actually manages to develop; my best bets are for a perennial contender such as the Dodgers or Yankees, or promising upstart teams such as the Red Sox or Cubs.

The White Sox are a poverty franchise in every sense of the term until Reinsdorf goes through with actually selling the team, assuming he doesn't pull an Arte Moreno.
 
Japanese pitcher Tatsuya Imai signed with the Astros for 3 years, $54 million (with incentives that can bring it up to $63 million). Includes opt-outs after each of the first two seasons.
 
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Kermit the Frog said:
Japanese pitcher Tatsuya Imai signed with the Astros for 3 years, $54 million (with incentives that can bring it up to $63 million). Includes opt-outs after each of the first two seasons.
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I respect the balls on this man to say he wants to beat the Dodgers and join what a lot of the baseball world would consider as MLB's Gestapo (certainly feels like it when they're not injured with Alvarez and Altuve locked the fuck in).
 
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Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami has signed with the White Sox for 2 years, $34 million. It's surprising he's not getting a bigger deal, but his market really must not have developed at all. He had to make a decision by the 22nd because that's when the posting window closed. This comes across as more of a "prove it" situation than anything.
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I read a comment somewhere his stats plummet on fastballs over 96 MPH.
 
Toronto has signed 29 year-old Japanese third/first baseman Kazuma Okamoto to a four-year $60 million contract.

Meanwhile, 28 year-old starting pitcher Kona Takahashi will be staying in Japan. Both players had their posting window close today; the latter player did have MLB offers.
 
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