Jon Heyman shares news and notes around Major League Baseball.
Sold by a realistic group, Royals. Andrew Benintendi is their top piece and Carlos Santana may be of interest. According to one rival executive, Royals is more "seriously" discussing the versatile Whit Merrifield in its trade debate. He is a free agent from next year onwards.
The Orioles have a great pen and should work if you replace it with something like Jorge Lopez near the star. Trey Mancini may also go. Price tags are higher for non-free agents Austin Hays, Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle, and much higher for Cedric Mullins.
The Rangers may attempt to sign a multi-year contract before considering a deal with late-blooming starter Martin Perez. Returning to Texas, he was predicted many years ago, but he is pitching like a star.
The heat up of Jurickson Profar, Jake Cronenworth and Luke Voit has led to a surge in Padres attacks lately, but they will be looking for batters, perhaps outfielders. They have challenged Joey Gallo in the past, but at this point no team will offer much. "Not tradeable," one executive calls Garo.
One longtime baseball player , He says he can't see Aaron Judge, ALMVP's front runner, leaving the Yankees. "It's a scenario that's too perfect. He doesn't go anywhere." He speculated that the Cubs, who are expected to use in the end, would be the biggest threat to sign him.
Should Astros now expand Dusty Baker? His contract is only this year.
One rival GM said he could see the Marlins shopping for Pablo Lopez. .. They have a stockpile of young weapons, but Eury Perez and Max Meyer are two rivals who believe they won't consider trading, and of course Sandy Alcantara.
D-Backs wants to keep pitcher Zac Gallen and second baseman Ketel Marte. Merrill Kelly is not easy to get. Meanwhile, Zach Davies, Mark Melancon and Ian Kennedy will be there. Madison Bumgarner pitched properly, but D-Bucks would have to offset his contract to deal with him.
Rarely mentioned, but one of the best deals to mention is that former Marlins GM Michael Hill won Alcantara and Galen (later exchanged for Jazz Chisholm) for Marcell Ozuna. ..
The Tigers' best work is left-handed rescuer Gregory Soto, who was an all-star last year, but one of his rival GMs expects to demand transportation, but shouldn't. Said. He is talented, but his executives said he was a bit "unstable." Robbie Grossman and Michael Fulmer are the Tigers who are likely to be impressed.
A Tigers man said, "He should have taken it," at $ 275 million, a 10-year offer to Carlos Correa. That may be the case (but Correa has multiple opt-outs that give her the opportunity to get there after his $ 105.3 million Twins deal), but it's undisputed that Correa That means it looks much better than the other way the Tigers spent money. Javier Baez of $ 140 million was not himself. And Eduardo Rodríguez, who signed for $ 77 million, is on the restricted list after requesting time to deal with marital issues. There are no plans for his return. But at some point, the Tigers may push the issue forward.
If this is Lorenzo Cain, congratulate him on his wonderful career. He is a professional and a gentleman.
Award leader heard in the post podcast "The Show:", AL MVP; Aaron Judge, Hosera Milles; NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt, Manny Machado; AL Cy: Shane McClanahan, Alek Manoah; NL Cy: Sandy Alcantara, Joe Musgrove.
This Week's Players: Shohei Ohtani, Angels SP / DH. Runner-up: Anthony Rizzo, Yankees 1B.