Winter Meetings Thread - News Only

[absintheofmalaise]

Let's keep this one for news only. Start new threads for signings and trades.

 

[E5 Yaz]

@JonHeyman
Brewers deal with Jackson Chourio, 19, worth $142.5.M if options exercised and he hits all escalators. It’s $82M guaranteed over 8 yrs plus 2 $25M options and $2M buyout. Record deal for minor leaguer and teen-ager. Physical ongoing. Press conference expected at Winter Meetings

 

[E5 Yaz]

nightingale: Agent Scott Boras is seeking a contract extension for first baseman Bryce Harper, and even though his contract doesn’t expire until after the 2031 season, the Phillies are willing to talk.

 

[simplicio]

His remaining contract is 8/$206m ($26m/yr), and he's moved to 1B, how is Boras going to get more exactly? I'm not seeing the leverage.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

He must have seen what Dombrowski did with Cabrera.

 

[E5 Yaz]

View: https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1731448106250555619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1731448106250555619%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

Maybe DiPoto wanted the Rays job?

 

[RedOctober3829]

View: https://twitter.com/nypost_mets/status/1731484777809649690?s=46&t=IVL2VrlFgLlpc3mjGGto8Q

 

[PedroKsBambino]

@JonHeyman
Brewers deal with Jackson Chourio, 19, worth $142.5.M if options exercised and he hits all escalators. It’s $82M guaranteed over 8 yrs plus 2 $25M options and $2M buyout. Record deal for minor leaguer and teen-ager. Physical ongoing. Press conference expected at Winter Meetings

Interesting deal; I get it for Brewers given Chourio's upside and likely buys them several extra years if he makes it big. But it is a big commitment to someone who had an .803 OPS in AA with a poor BB/K ratio (acknowledging scouting and he did that at age 19). Ultimately, though, if you're the Brewers you're worried about keeping a star past FA more than you are eating $10 mil a year if he busts so like it for them.

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

Is 43 bb/104 k in 583 PA in AA/AAA poor? For a 19-year-old? It's not a bad strikeout rate at all for a power hitter, and the walk rate seems encouraging for a kid that age. It reminds me of Grady Sizemore who had a very similar walk rate in AA at age 20 and within a couple of years was walking 75+ times a year in the majors. His power is really impressive for his age (.184 ISO) and he stole 44 bases.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

View: https://twitter.com/RyanDivish/status/1731520615260069929?t=K2opUeYRCYqLbogopqy0wg&s=19


Not sure what Seattle is doing.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

More from mlb.com on how the Braves-Mariners trade:

Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos sees the potential of Kelenic sharing left field with right-handed-hitting Vaughn Grissom, who is going to familiarize himself with the position while playing in the Puerto Rican Winter League.
Asked whether he believes this deal concludes his search for a left fielder, Anthopoulos immediately said, “Yes.”

“I talked to Jarred tonight and told him we really like Vaughn and feel like Vaughn really has a shot out there,” Anthopoulos said. “Obviously, we already know [Vaughn] can play the infield. We think Jarred has a chance to be a tremendous player, as well.

 

[JM3]

Wade Miley signs back with Milwaukee as @Ken_Rosenthal reported. It's for one year with a base salary of $7 million and a mutual option for 2025 at $12 million, sources tell ESPN. Has a $1.5 million buyout plus incentives which can bring the deal to $11 million.

View: https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1731758043983925757

 

[E5 Yaz]

Verducci tries to connect dots between Ohtani and Blue Jays
https://www.si.com/mlb/2023/12/05/shohei-ohtani-clues-advancing-toronto-blue-jays

 

[JM3]

Erick Fedde from KBO to CWS, 2/$15m.

View: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1732185416240070899

 

[E5 Yaz]

Kimbrel's deal with Orioles is 1/13 / various interwebs

 

[bosockboy]

View: https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1732521351297019963?s=46

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

View: https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1732521351297019963?s=46

Ugh

 

[brandonchristensen]

No surprise. Must be nice to have GMs who make splashy deals. It’s been awhile for us. Maybe we can get a AA pitcher from the Padres.

 

[YTF]

No surprise. Must be nice to have GMs who make splashy deals. It’s been awhile for us. Maybe we can get a AA pitcher from the Padres.

It's hard to understand the drive by sniping this early into the Breslow era.

 

[brandonchristensen]

It's hard to understand the drive by sniping this early into the Breslow era.

Residual bad feelings from the Bloom era (whom I actually enjoyed watch rebuild the farm, but I hated his inability to make any actual moves - I flash back to Hansel Robles).

 

[E5 Yaz]

@JeffPassan
BREAKING: Left-handed starter Eduardo Rodriguez and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a four-year contract for around $20 million a year, pending physical, sources familiar with the agreement tell ESPN.

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

@JeffPassan
BREAKING: Left-handed starter Eduardo Rodriguez and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on a four-year contract for around $20 million a year, pending physical, sources familiar with the agreement tell ESPN.

As the Diamondbacks say 'What could go wrong with signing a 30 y.o. lefty World Series-winning pitcher?'

Good for E-Rod in getting another bag, he'll be sitting at $130 million in career earnings in 4 years.