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https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/hs_team/8671/ Nick "Fathom" Castellanos and Alex Kid K Fernandez attended the same high school in Florida.

Why the hell isn't he Jose Perez? Sounds too blue collar/lunch bucket. Bring back Matty Davidson to pitch while we're at it. https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/209833/ He can play five positions, sort of. 25 year old originally a second round pick, $1.6 million signing bonus. Banny will fix him!!! Cooper will come out of retirement and fix him...certainly he will work with Sergio Santos on his transition. https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/209833/

Well...to quote Frank Thomas, and the ladies will love this move, too.

Between this and Iowa women's BB falling off a precipitous cliff...getting a bit salty. And when you're conditioned to life as an Iowa fan...you then automatically expect to see a defection from your #18th ranked signee from Mater Dei of all places in California, Addie Deal. Life comes in buckets.

That fan really means he wishes SD wasn't even named to the final three when it could have caused them to lose an already limited intl signing class. Jake Cronenworth, 6 years and $72 million now available. Don't like that, there's Xander Bogaerts, who's a decent 2B masquerading as a SS with a truly abysmal contract. How about Musgrove and his balky elbow? Might as well trade Yu Darvish to Toronto, too.

20 Ticket premium flex packs now available for the first time. Pick any 20 games on the Sox schedule. Get 'em while they're hot!!!

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-rumors-trades-and-signings?t=trades-and-transactions Blue Jays looking to pair Alonso and Guerrero...? "The Toronto connection is interesting, considering the Blue Jays already have first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., a pending free agent, on their roster. With the two sides reportedly far apart in their contract extension negotiations, Guerrero has been mentioned as a potential trade candidate. However, according to Rosenthal, the club’s intention is not to sign Alonso and then trade Guerrero. Rather, the Jays are hoping to add Alonso to the fold to improve their playoff chances in Guerrero’s final year under club control." Good luck Elias and TB Rays. You're going to need it.

I guess "Tom Sawyer" would be a pretty cool theme song to warm up to...

Exchange rate??? $1 USD to 1.44 Canadian dollar.

Go to hell, Sasaki. He's a real aye hole for stretching this out when it was obvious where he was going to sign from the beginning. pynkefloyd 2 hours ago Trade Cease and build for 2026, or Keep him and have a shot at the playoffs. Then lose him and King for nothing. This is not a happy choice. WesGtPk60 2 hours ago True or Not, let the “team-building” for 2025 begin. Maldonado’s a good start. Not much bat but good behind the plate. Fire Preller for wasting his time learning Japanese and not doing f***-all this entire off season. Great job! LoL. gaslampball.com The NL West is now officially dead.... OR Trying to imagine if the White Sox were in the AL East, it would be sayonara Chicago, hello Nashville.

https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/san-diego-padres-news/padres-have-been-eliminated-from-roki-sasaki-sweepstakes-report-01jhtbr8kjf8 Guess it was $2 million that the Guardians sent in intl signing pool money to TOR. Go Dodgers...might as well destroy baseball for the next decade so they finally have to fix the sport before it's too late. Burnes might want to rethink his signing with the DBacks because it will be useless.

Over Gausman Berrios Bassitt etc. Eventually... But Toronto is still going to be NOT winning after 2025 if they can't hold on to Guerrero and Bichette...74-88 last year.

Pitching factory in Toronto. They keep players healthier by and large. Favor splitter usage there...his favorite pitch. Asian community/intl city. Direct flights to Japan. Still play against Yankees Os Red Sox etc. Less media attention by far compared to LAD. Insulated from wildfires and earthquakes...father and grandparents died in a natural disaster in Japan. Also Insulated from border with Mexico in terms of safety.

If that's true goodbye Dylan Cease, Arraez, Suarez and Michael King if they can't extend him. Goodbye already HaSeong Kim Profar Solano Tanner Scott etc. Hello rebuilding for the next 2-3 years with 7 $100+ million contracts still on the books.

The Padres are no longer in the running to sign Sasaki, according to a report by veteran reporter Francys Romero. That comes just days after a report that Sasaki was deciding between the Dodgers, Padres and Blue Jays. Romero added that the Padres are reportedly close to agreements with other top international prospects, which would take up the bonus pool money they would have needed to sign Sasaki.

Schiff made a list? Congrats! Better to be loved OR hated than...

"Straw is owed $6.4 million this year and $7.4 next year, with team options for 2027 and 28 with a buy out of $1.75 million for the first and 500,000 for the second. That’s a lot of money for a guy who played 7 game in the majors last year. He hit .240/.321/.330 for Columbus last year. He won a Gold Glove in 2022. The Guardians are sending $3.75 million along with Straw. Straw’s salary goes against our CBT for the next two years. The deal seems to suggest the Jays think they are getting Roki Sasaki." https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2025/1/17/24345981/jays-trade-for-myles-straw Doesn't say $3.75 million in intl signing pool money though...just cash subsidy against Straw. https://bluejaysnation.com/news/blue-jays-trade-wes-parsons-to-the-cleveland-guardians-for-250k-in-international-signing-bonus-pool-money Two teams recently pulled off small $250k transaction for Parsons. https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/01/guardians-sign-25-international-free-agents-including-top-catching-prospect.html

Czech Republican?

Instead of Ohtani Guerrero Bichette Sasaki Bregman...how would you feel if your team instead added Gimenez Myles Straw and KeBryan Hayes lol???

Who is a bigger jackass than Gundy in college football? There isn't one...maybe Dabo.

Mike Gundy? Jim Jordan wrestling?

The Mets made what they perceived as a last-ditch effort to sign Pete Alonso by offering him a three-year contract in the $68 million-$70 million range, and when that was rejected, began their pivot away from their slugging first baseman, The Post has learned. The first step was to add another bat by re-signing Jesse Winker for one year at $7.5 million. They now will try to bolster their pen by playing at the top of the relief market, and the No. 1 asset available is lefty Tanner Scott. https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/sports/what-the-mets-were-offering-pete-alonso-before-talks-broke-down/

Wasn't that the Venezuelan 3B? He got a pretty big bonus...at least $2 million.

why? they still have $2-3 million uncommitted? connection to Preller? he worked there in intl scouting before SD

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6067276/2025/01/16/roki-sasaki-tsunami-signing-deadline-the-windup/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6058991/2025/01/14/roki-sasaki-japan-earthquake-tsunami-mlb/