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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/chiefs-expected-announce-move-missouri-214559268.html Chiefs getting closer to Kansas move...Royals still uncommitted

Kmet, Loveland and Zaccheaus need to step up now too. Bears dominated GB in the second half with the running game, I want to see that from the get go, especially now that they are without Parsons.

"San Diego’s projected payroll climbs to $218MM, as calculated by RosterResource. The backloaded nature doesn’t change the $25MM AAV used for luxury tax purposes. They’re up to a projected $259MM in tax commitments. They’ll exceed the $244MM base threshold for the second straight season. Repeat payors are taxed at a 30% rate for their first $20MM in overages. Re-signing King costs around $4.5MM in taxes. The more significant development is that it moves them closer to the $264MM second tier, at which the rate climbs to 42%." mlbtr

I think Fairbanks is trying to get legit closer money. Regardless of what Fairbanks ends up signing for, it won’t be with the Sox.

DJ Moore needs to earn his contract this Saturday.

Unless you choose to believe the O'Hearn stuff. But he's almost exclusively LF DH 1B and not RF.

If Keller and Weaver are both worth $22 million...it's not like Keller even had a solid background performance-wise until more recently. Ofc, same exact amount that Adrian Houser got after being basically dead in the water prior to 2025.

Ken never says it’s for only one year. Maybe it’s 2-years at 18+ million? Either way, it’s too rich for Jerry’s blood.

Exactly. The Sox aren’t going to spend any serious coin on another outfielder because B. Montgomery is waiting in the wings.

Yikes.

No way Braden doesn't get held back until the cut off date....that would be malpractice considering his lack of playing time at AA/AAA.

How does that make sense when the report earlier today or yesterday was that the Marlins were offering mid teens for one year? Someone's way off in their reporting.

Stopgap moves are actually encouraging if you’re looking for a vote of confidence in him. I ain’t mad.

Per Ken Rosenthal:

"The Padres are in agreement with Michael King on a three-year contract, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. The deal includes opt-outs after each of the first two seasons. It’s a $75MM guarantee, Feinsand adds. King receives a $12MM signing bonus and a $5MM salary for the 2026 season. He’ll decide on a $28MM player option or $5MM buyout next winter and would have a $30MM player option for 2028 if he doesn’t opt out." mlbtraderumors Talk about creative book-keeping here. $28 and $30 million deals might kill the Padres in 2027-28.

Pretty sure rushing the kid to the majors won't help that.

Agreed, but the OF will have to be cheap. $5 million or less. I’m not surprised they have talked to Conforto.

Odunze and Burden both ruled out.

https://yanksgoyard.com/yankees-international-prospect-crisis-just-took-a-brutal-turn-if-rumors-are-true Sounds like Yankees intl. scouting shop was a complete mess. Rodriguez chose the relative sanity/stability of the White Sox (until at least 2029.) https://risingapple.com/ny-mets-humiliate-yankees-shoplift-top-international-prospect-wandy-asigen&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwip2KyQz8iRAxVrDzQIHXgjJBoQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw34QRKdblOLfDFyUiSR727I "At 16, it’s ridiculously premature to declare this a major victory for the Mets as easily as it is an embarrassment for the Yankees. Any other team losing the second ranked international prospect to the Mets wouldn’t be as much of a story. Going to the Mets, a day after Luke Weaver, to a team that has already stacked itself with ex-Yankees players and coaches, makes it a twist a uniquely Big Apple story at the moment " Fwiw, Mets' last big intl. success was SS Jose Reyes ages ago...1999 signing.

In all honesty, this probably is just insurance in the event they move Robert. This kid cost nothing but an immaterial amount of money and has options. I don’t think this prevents us from adding a corner OF.

Jul 11, 2021 · "So Rays scout Mario Gonzalez, father of Red Sox multi-positional player Marwin Gonzalez, signed Márquez for $200,000. Days later, the Rockies ..." Nope. But had to have been aware, peripherally involved.

My thing is I don’t want to watch them go 5-21 again next April. What I really want is for them to sign one more mlb outfielder.

The German Marquez talk in a different thread had me wondering if Rodriguez had any involvement in his signing as an amateur.

And even if he does, send him down.