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https://www.draysbay.com/2025/1/16/24345209/rays-2025-international-prospects-signing-tracker Most interesting note here is that the Rays have/had significant interest in Roki Sasaki and a good relationship with his agent. Went through their full $7.5 million 2025 international signing pool in less than 24 hours. An actual seat at the table...?

#2 prospect/SS/$3.6 million bonus Wandy Asigen Because the Yankees don't have a long term Directir of Intl Scouting hired yet and prospects are being convinced their deals with NY might fall through...so going for sure things. 2026 international signing period preview Big prospects set to sign with the: - Giants - Royals - Athletics - Rays - Orioles - Tigers - Twins And more. International Bonus Board with scouting reports and the team for each player: https://baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-mlb-international-prospects-bonus-board/… Need a BA subscription here.

Ace/RBI programs ... Bulls/Sox academy, etc. How many times was Christine O'Reilly on with Hawk Harrelson touring one of their charitable drives? Or Michael Milken with Farmer/DJ?

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/munetaka-murakami-landing-spots-prediction-npb-roundtable/ Bunch of names mentioned for Murakami...Mariners perhaps the most obvious. One of the pundits hit the Lowe deal right on the head. Marlins Mariners Pirates Reds Red Sox https://www.bucsdugout.com/pirates-rumors/47297/pittsburgh-pirates-looking-to-sign-top-japanese-talent&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjfref9s8qRAxXjnCYFHUoWJTsQFnoECAUQAg&usg=AOvVaw2BeWLY-Hse9Lzfh93ET2m- "Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported that Pittsburgh along with Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, Toronto and Detroit have all showed interest in signing Murakami..." Please don't be Detroit. Kerry Carpenter's already enough of a pain to deal with. Fallback option on losing Bregman again?

Orioles just love taking on pitcher with extremely elevated injury concerns.

Jake (not Josh) Paul?

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

"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

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

Well, 90-95% are positive about Carlos Rodriguez, at least. Maybe it's a carry over effect from winning the #1 pick. Most popular, least questioned Sox decision in quite some time. Just wondering why it didn't happen 2+ years ago.

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Except the Dodgers. And they almost ran out of reliable high-leverage relievers in the post season.

Not with how he performed last year. At least in the $18-20 million range. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/john-means-suffers-achilles-rupture.html Cross another starting candidate off the list.

No, I think he's going to get $2/20 or better. Probably $22-25 million at this point.

Over $11 million? Carlos Rodriguez messed up, big time.. (Just joshing.) You know when the poorest team payroll-wise in MLB is already bidding $14-16 million he's going to get paid more than that...

Would still rather watch than Hill. Canadian Charlie Tilson.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/cardinals-still-interested-in-rotation-addition.html Cardinals for now seem more determined to put together their semi-competitive rotation...

What happened to the steady drumbeat of Murakami hype? Only 4 days away and counting.