We’re a bit of greater than two weeks into the 2024-25 MLB offseason and up to now the Angels have been the have been essentially the most lively staff. They landed Jorge Soler in a wage dump commerce with the Braves and signed Kyle Hendricks, Travis d’Arnaud, and Kevin Newman as free brokers. The remainder of baseball has but to actually kick issues into gear. Right here now are Sunday’s sizzling range rumors.
Mets meet with Soto
A Mets contingent led by proprietor Steve Cohen, POBO David Stearns, and supervisor Carlos Mendoza met with Juan Soto and Scott Boras in Southern California on Saturday, experiences the New York Publish. The Mets made a “very detailed” presentation, although it’s unknown whether or not any gives had been made or numbers had been exchanged. Soto is in fact our high ranked free agent.
The Blue Jays, Purple Sox, and now the Mets are confirmed to have met with Soto and Boras, and the Yankees have a gathering scheduled for Monday. Soto reportedly requested the Purple Sox about their dedication to profitable and participant analysis strategies, amongst different issues. It is protected to imagine he requested the Mets (and each different staff he met with) the identical questions.
Severino unlikely to just accept QO
Proper-hander Luis Severino is unlikely to just accept the $21.05 million qualifying provide, based on The Athletic. He’ll as a substitute search a multi-year contract as a free agent. Declining the QO wouldn’t preclude Severino from returning to the Mets. It simply means it might occur beneath totally different contract phrases. We ranked Severino because the Nineteenth-best free agent obtainable this offseason.
Severino, 30, threw 182 innings with a 3.91 ERA in 2024. It was his greatest and healthiest season in fairly a while — Severino threw 209 â…“ innings whole from 2019-23 — and he made some tweaks to his arsenal to get extra floor balls and be a bit extra pitch environment friendly. After years of accidents, this offseason figures to be Severino’s greatest likelihood at a profitable multi-year contract.
Reds won’t decrease payroll
Though Main League Baseball will take over the staff’s broadcasts following the collapse of Bally Sports activities, the Reds will “keep payroll ranges at or above 2024,” Reds CFO and COO Doug Healy instructed MLB.com. The Reds opened 2024 with a $90.4 million payroll, third lowest in baseball. Cot’s Baseball Contracts estimates their present 2025 payroll commitments at $71.9 million.
Whereas that $71.9 million estimate would seem to provide Cincinnati some spending room this offseason, righty Nick Martinez looks as if a powerful candidate to just accept the $21.05 million qualifying provide previous to Tuesday’s deadline, which might eat up most of that spending room. Jonathan India has popped up commerce rumors lately and could possibly be a part of a wage shuffling commerce.
