The non-tender deadline is tomorrow evening. Teams need to decide whether they want to offer contracts to their arbitration-eligible (and pre-arbitration) players. Those who are not tendered contracts are sent directly into free agency without exposing them to waivers.
As is the case each winter, MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz has projected salaries for the arbitration class. Teams have already made a few cuts among that group — either at the beginning of the offseason when players returned from the injured list or prior to Tuesday’s deadline to keep prospects out of the Rule 5 draft. The Cubs, for instance, have already taken Adbert Alzolay and Patrick Wisdom off the 40-man roster and could officially non-tender them tomorrow.
Not everyone who is tendered a contract will know their salary this week. Some players will sign “pre-tender” deals that lock in guaranteed money. Many of them are borderline non-tender candidates who will take salaries below their projection to ensure they stay on the roster at all. (Scott Kingery and Seth Brown have already signed deals of that ilk.) Those who don’t sign but are tendered a contract could have a few months of uncertainty. They’re free to continue negotiating with their clubs to find a mutually agreeable salary until the date of their arbitration hearing.
As we do each offseason, we’ll take a look at arb-eligible players we believe have a realistic shot at being let go. To be clear, this is not a list of players we think are likelier than not to be non-tendered. These are players we consider to have at least a 10-20% chance of being cut — a broad group who wouldn’t strike us as completely surprising.
At least a few of these players will likely be traded, as some teams will have more willingness than others to accommodate various projected salaries. MLBTR covered a few candidates for that kind of deal in a post for Front Office subscribers yesterday.
Onto the list, with Matt’s projected salaries:
Catchers
- Riley Adams (Nationals): $1.1MM
- Nick Fortes (Marlins): $1.6MM
- Eric Haase (Brewers): $1.8MM
- Garrett Stubbs (Phillies): $1.2MM
- Luis Torrens (Mets): $1.1MM
First Basemen
- Connor Joe (Pirates): $3.2MM
- Gavin Sheets (White Sox): $2.6MM
- Andrew Vaughn (White Sox): $6.4MM
Second Basemen
- Nick Madrigal (Cubs): $1.9MM
- Brendan Rodgers (Rockies): $5.5MM
Third Basemen
- Jon Berti (Yankees): $3.8MM
- Santiago Espinal (Reds): 4MM
- Emmanuel Rivera (Orioles): $1.4MM
- Josh Rojas (Mariners): $4.3MM
Shortstops
- Jorge Mateo (Orioles): $3.2MM
- Zach McKinstry (Tigers): $1.3MM
- Tyler Wade (Padres): $900K
- Taylor Walls (Rays): $1.3MM
Center Fielders
- Trent Grisham (Yankees): $5.7MM
- Mickey Moniak (Angels): $1.8MM
- Leody Taveras (Rangers): $4.3MM
- Eli White (Braves): $800K
Corner Outfielders
- Miguel Andujar (Athletics): $2.8MM
- Akil Baddoo (Tigers): $1.6MM
- Dylan Carlson (Rays): $2.7MM
- Bryan De La Cruz (Pirates): $4MM
- Jake Fraley (Reds): $3.3MM
- Sam Haggerty (Mariners): $900K
- Austin Hays (Phillies): $6.4MM
- Sam Hilliard (Rockies): $1.7MM
- Ramon Laureano (Braves): $6.1MM
- MJ Melendez (Royals): $2.5MM
- Jesus Sanchez (Marlins): $3.2MM
- Mike Yastrzemski (Giants): $9.5MM
Starting Pitchers
- Tyler Alexander (Rays): $2.8MM
- Paul Blackburn (Mets): $4.4MM
- JT Brubaker (Yankees): $2.275MM
- Griffin Canning (Braves): $5.1MM
- Aaron Civale (Brewers): $8MM
- Dane Dunning (Rangers): $4.4MM
- Austin Gomber (Rockies): $5.6MM
- Ben Lively (Guardians): $3.2MM
- Dustin May (Dodgers): $2.135MM
- Triston McKenzie (Guardians): $2.4MM*
- Cal Quantrill (Rockies): $9MM
- Trevor Rogers (Orioles): $2.8MM
- Tyler Wells (Orioles): $2.1MM
- Huascar Ynoa (Braves): $825K
Right-Handed Relievers
- Justin Anderson (White Sox): $1.1MM
- David Bednar (Pirates): $6.6MM
- Enyel De Los Santos (White Sox): $1.7MM
- Camilo Doval (Giants): $4.6MM
- Scott Effross (Yankees): $900K
- Ian Gibaut (Reds): $800K
- Hunter Harvey (Royals): $3.9MM
- Carlos Hernandez (Royals): $1.2MM
- Dany Jimenez (Athletics): $1MM
- Alex Lange (Tigers): $1.3MM
- Derek Law (Nationals): $3MM
- Justin Lawrence (Rockies): $1MM
- Mark Leiter Jr. (Yankees): $2.1MM
- Julian Merryweather (Cubs): $1.3MM
- Luis Patino (Padres): $800K
- Zach Pop (Blue Jays): $1MM
- Tanner Rainey (Nationals): $1.9MM
- Sean Reid-Foley (Mets): $900K
- Jordan Romano (Blue Jays): $7.75MM
- Jose Ruiz (Phillies): $1.2MM
- Josh Sborz (Rangers): $1.3MM
- Cole Sulser (Rays): $1MM
- Erik Swanson (Blue Jays): $3.2MM
- Dillon Tate (Blue Jays): $1.9MM
- Mason Thompson (Nationals): $800K*
- Michael Tonkin (Twins): $1.5MM
- Justin Topa (Twins): $1.3MM
- Austin Voth (Mariners): $2.2MM
- Steven Wilson (White Sox): $1MM
Left-Handed Relievers
- Lucas Gilbreath (Rockies): $900K
- Sam Hentges (Guardians): $1.4MM
- Tim Mayza (Yankees): $4MM
- Hoby Milner (Brewers): $2.7MM
- Kyle Nelson (Diamondbacks): $800K
- Colin Poche (Rays): $3.4MM
- Gregory Soto (Orioles): $5.6MM
- Gabe Speier (Mariners): $900K
- José Suarez (Angels): $1.2MM
- Alex Young (Mets): $1.4MM
* Have avoided arbitration since the list was published
Fine work by Brian Cashman there…look at those non-tenders he paid for with prospect talent! (I know, a little snide, but….)
Which means they’ll keep all of them so Cashman doesn’t have to admit he screwed up.
Did you guys see Hal’s comments about expecting an extension for Boone? Unreal. An extension would provide him with a tenure as long as four-time dynastic manager, Joe Torre, if not longer tenure.
I was blissfully unaware of that Clip. Rats!!
He got them to the world series. Handled a lot of really expensive players. Had to deal with Gylber Jazz. Most importantly it’s just a manager. Doesn’t really matter in today’s game.
If anything get rid of Cashman or ownership for giving out awful contracts. I’m all for a mega market spending money. They are funding the smaller markets. Just spend it a lil bit more intelligently. They should easily make the playoffs every year and win multiple world series each decade. It can’t be like 90s 2000s because other teams can spend big money now as well but it can be better than it’s been.
They forgot a bunch of Cubs. Hollowell, Mervis, Tauchman, Mastrobuoni they’d be on my list with Madrigal and not Merryweather.
The Yankees got him to the world series, not the other way around. He, time and time again, tried to NOT get them to the world series. His bullpen decisions alone were laughable.
I get that before each game he gets together with the brass to make a plan for how they are going to manage the game. But you have to have a feel for the moment and not just blindly obey the pre game plan.
Sure the historical numbers say a pitcher does well against a batter. But what if the pitcher hasn’t pitched in 45 days and this is his first outing? Maybe don’t throw him into a game with bases loaded against 2 of the best hitters in the game!
Cashman took the Yankees to the WS with 2.5 useful hitters in the lineup, one semi-reliable starter, and a closer that lost his job through out the season.
As a non Yankees fan, I’m jealous.
It’s always been a bit surprising to me that Yankees fans often seem to be so down on Cashman. As a Red Sox fan I’ve consistently been irked and frustrated over the years at how many of his acquisitions and moves have seemed to work out well for the Yankees. I still haven’t gotten over how he somehow performed necromancy on Raul Ibanez in 2012.
You mean Boone. It’s Cashman who is responsible for only giving him 2.5 hitters.
I didn’t watch enough Yankees to know about the bullpen usage. But I watched games in stands, bars, with friends or been in game threads and most people complain about reliever usage no matter the team. They don’t consider matchups. And the 10 percent do only think of lefty righty. Don’t bother to research reverse splits. Won’t even think about individual pitch splits. They don’t consider usage and even if they do they didn’t talk with the pitchers to know their health for that day. So maybe you are in the 1 or 2 percent of fans who could evaluate a manager decent enough. I follow a team with a truly awful manager Derek Shelton. Like so awful that in the bottom of 10th 11th inning in a tied game he doesn’t know to walk the hitter to set up a double play bad. His bullpen decision might cost 2 or 3 games a season. With so much analytics there isn’t too much a manager can f up.
How did a career 1 win player like Andrew Vaughn get “projected” to make $6M+? I imagine the Wsox will offer him substantially less or perhaps non tender him.
Because, sensible or not, arbitration salaries are based on counting stats; not WAR
“Counting stats not War”…If this guy had any real “counting stats” we wouldn’t be reading about him in a story about “non tender” candidates.
I think it more shows that if you can remain on a Major League roster, that you’ll accrue substantial raises despite a lack of overall production.
That’s what I’m saying. His cumulative batting stats (home runs, RBIs, etc.), which don’t necessarily align with quality of performance, have driven up his arbitration salary.
I didn’t say anything about him “deserving” the salary, I’m just offering an explanation
What do you think they base WAR off of? The counting stats.
No, not entirely. First, WAR includes defense, which is not a counting stat. Offensively slash numbers affect the WAR. Those are not counting stats, they are averages that can go up or down.
And the slash lines are a math equation from the counting stats. Everything is a math equation off of a counting stat.
Yes, but those stats are weighted differently when calculating WAR versus determining arbitration salaries. There’s no conspiracy here
That is a categorically inaccurate statement. Counting stats go up every time you do something. Slash numbers can go up OR down based on the percentage of times a player accomplishes a “counting” action. and do not merely count upwards.
If someone goes 1-for-5 with a single that drives in a run, his counting stats – hits, total bases, RBI – go up. But his average, OBP, slugging pct (and by extension, OPS) will all go down.
Also and more importantly they are based on previous salary
His WAR is bad because he’s a bad defender which arbitration really doesn’t take into account. He still has that top draft pick pedigree. Decent chance he’s a bust but I think they offer him a contract. Gavin Sheets I think has a better chance at getting non tendered. We will see.
The way the Sox work is different.
As a life long 50+yr South Sider, I’ll explain it. I’d absolutely guarantee they will NEVER admit that Vaughn has been a top 5 pick BUST! By non tendering they’d be admitting it.
Yes they care more about an image of knowing what they’re doing as opposed to actually operating like a top franchise.
I guess these guys are on the hot seat with their families wondering if they will have to cut costs by Christmas
Depends on how intelligent and conservative they are. They all made enough $ to last a lifetime.
Lifetime might be a stretch for majority of these guys, but obviously have a leg up on us normal folk
They all had at least 3 years of making 700k. Some had years a millions. Most had signing bonuses when drafted signed. Some of those significant amounts. All will get some sort of mlb retirement benefits. Whether they bought stocks, precious metals, crypto, real estate it all went up. They should all be able to get a hobby that pays $ and be fine.
Patrick Wisdom hitting 30+ homers for the Nationals/Red Sox then signing with Philly incoming
And with a .274 OBP while doing it.
Jose Siri nods and says nice OBP.
Sure…does someone need a drug test.
David Bednar + Bryan De La Cruz for Bobby Witt Jr, fair for both sides.
It’s kind of amazing that people can be bad at their jobs and still get substantial raises.
Very applicable to bobby witt jr.
They’re among the best 750 human beings on earth at what they do.
Only because so few are even exposed to the game, let alone choose to try to make a living at it.
Yet most of them can’t hit the ball to all fields
Baseball is the 2nd most widely played sport in the world, after soccer.
@kellin
and what are you doing with your life? hating on success? these dudes are in the major leagues, you aren’t.
kindly, stfu.
I can’t tell is this is sarcasm or stupidity…
Neither. It’s just lame and pathetic. Has thumbs up though. People watch awful news. Awful movies. Awful music. So I am sure some enjoyed this awful comment. I will double down with a even more lame and pathetic one and see if I can get a thumbs up.
prove it isn’t a fair trade, genius
@cards my response was sarcasm. But it was apparently lost on a few people.
Andujar Frazier for witt sr? Who says no?
witt sr is retired
So? Mike Tyson was retired. Tom Brady Brett Farve Michael Jordan all retired and came back.
i think you forgot witt sr was retired so now you’re making excuses.
DreamGM: Could you pick a 25-man roster among any of these non-tender candidates and field any better than a .500 team?
@Ignorant I wouldn’t even get close to 500. You win with pitching and power. Studs aircraft carriers as old school guys say.
I would do well enough in a 1 game playoff though. There is one heck of a potential bullpen out of these potential non tenders. I promise you not all of these relievers will be non tender.
Please explain how this is fair?
If the Pirates want Bobby Witt Jr, the only thing that would get the Royals attention would be Paul Skenes. The Royals are trying to win
I highly doubt even Skenes gets their attention for Witt Jr. He’d have to be included obviously but would take much more than just him.
You keep Witt unless Skenes has more years. Witt is do doubt opting out unless severe injury but that opt is probably around same time Skenes is free agent. Not looking it up. If all things are equal you go with the position player star who is there for fans to see everyday vs 1 time a week. So a trade just couldn’t be equal. The Pirates would need to give more value and significantly more. Fans are already attached to Witt so they would need to see that it was such a over pay the Royals couldn’t say no. Why would Pirates make their team and farm system worse? Trade couldn’t happen unless Bob Nutting had a child whos favorite player was Witt and he did whatever it took to make his child happy.
The pirates are overpaying… 2 players is worth more than one because 1+1=2 and 1+0=1
Take out de la Cruz and the trade is fair and balanced for both sides
Zero chance the Angels don’t tender contracts to Moniak and Suarez. I wish they wouldn’t, in regard to Suarez, but we all know the Angels have a weird relationship with that dude.
Dustin May is probably borderline. I was thinking he’s got some good upside still for the price, but maybe the Dodgers won’t risk it since he’s been so injury prone.
Canning is a no-brainer non-tender.. I can’t really imagine the Braves giving him 5 million.
no chance Dustin May is non-tendered. if the Dodgers were concerned so much about injury, they could just make him a reliever.
They might non-tender him and re-sign him for less.
I mean, his most recent injury was pretty much the definition of a freak injury. I don’t think there’s much risk he’ll miss any more time due to an esophageal injury.
What if the Dodgers have a future choke in them? That would be life threatening to May!
I could be missing something but I don’t see why the Braves would non-tender Canning after they just traded for him in a 1 for 1 swap.
@shortstop Salary dump.
Wasn’t it more about getting rid of soler salary?
That and the fact that they don’t have a place for him on the roster. He’s really not playable in the outfield any more, and they picked up Marcell Ozuna’s option, so DH is spoken for.
They’ll try to reach an agreement with Canning for less than $5mill if they want him.
I’m actually questioning that $5M projection. He made $2.6M in 20234 and he had a pretty crummy year, He was essentially replacement level, finishing with a 5.19 ERA, 5.26 FIP and 0.2 fWAR in 171 innings. I know how arbitration works, but I still have a hard time seeing an arbitrator double that salary based on those numbers. If the Braves can get him to sign for $3M, he’s worth giving a shot.
where is Luis Arraez?
He will definitely get tendered.
“Where is Luis Arraez”..Probably back home in Valenzuela at this time of year.
With all due respect to the late great Fernando, he’s most likely in Venezuela.
I thought Fernando was Mexican not commun- I mean Venezuelan
@sad
*insert fake laugh*
Non tender a multiple time batting champ?
Romano is an interesting one…Tate and Pop can be easily cut and Swanson easy pick up (because of hope)
@Digdugler
I think there’s a possibility they tender both (roughly 3M for the pair). A lot is dependant on the quality of other relievers that are non-tendered. The Jays BP is a mess and there isn’t a lot on the farm. Tate and Pop are known commodities in the organization. If/when th FO rebuilds the pen they can be DFA’ed costing one sixth the cost of the contracts (about 500K for the pair)
Romano is interesting but I’d tender him a contract and bet on a rebound.
If he’s cut loose he’ll have plenty of suitors willing to take that gamble, albeit at a reduced cost.
@HalosHeavenJJ
Agreed. If Romano comes close to his non-24 season he is easily worth the 8M estimated value.
I don’t see the Marlins NT-ing Jesus Sanchez. He was pretty decent down the stretch, was in the 80th percentile or higher of xwOBA, xSLG%, and barrel rate, is only 27, and is projected to make $3.2 million. Definitley could get something better in a trade than saving $3-$4 million by letting him go.
I really hope the Giants aren’t seriously considering cutting Doval. They have the cash to take a $5M gamble on an arm of his talent, and the upside is getting back an All Star reliever.
If the Giants want to contend in 2025, it makes sense to keep him around and see if he can boost a solid bullpen; If the Giants don’t want to contend in 2025, it makes sense to keep him around and trade him for a nice haul if he rebounds.
If they really wanted to unload his salary they could trade him. Someone would buy that $5 million lottery ticket. No chance he’s cut loose.
I think they’d be able to trade Doval instead of non-tendering him.
Definitely trade bait, Randy Rodriguez is basically the same pitcher they have no pressing need for a power right hand reliever.
doval is playing winter ball right now and is sporting a 5.68 era. so, looks like the giants f.o. might be looking to cut bait. just curious if it’s doval’s health, mechanics, “intangibles” (attitude us fans don’t see on a day-to-day basis) or a combination of those three that led to his bad year.
a bit sad to see yaz go. solid defender and good stick. was also reported he even offered a pay cut for a two-year contract to stay. where he ends up, they’re getting a solid, all-around teammate. thanks yaz.
4th OF, and he’s getting older. Lots and lots of those types around.
If Yaz could play center field more, things might be different. A corner OF who is a league average hitter has some value, but probably not $9M.
Eric Haase is a bargain under two million and will be the backup to Contreras in Milwaukee.
Haase needs a more extended look somehow, maybe some DH, LF or 1st, but try that bat in a lineup with regular work and see what happens
I could see the Padres getting involved depending what happens with Higgy. Feels like it’s time to trade Campusano, and I could see them rolling with something like Higgy, Haase, and Sullivan and getting Haase AB’s at C/DH/LF
Maybe, but if the Crew can find an even cheaper option, they’ll do it.
I would add Patrick Sandoval to the list potentially. Due around $5 mil iirc, isn’t going to pitch this season, only 1 year remaining after
I think it’s a bit generous to assume there’s “at least a 10%” chance the Dodgers reduce their starting pitching depth in order to save $2.1 million. Dustin May will be tendered for sure.
I’m a little surprised that Miles Mastrobuoni isn’t on the list of Non-tender candidates. Unless the cubs already let him go.
He’s not arbitration eligible
The cubs need to dfa him then. He brings less value than a Big Mac meal
About the same value as fellow franchise cornerstone Nicky Madrigal.
You can nontender pre-arb guys (although there’s no particular reason to do so today).
I heard he’s been working on himself pretty hard.
Hope the Mets tender Blackburn, he showed enough before being injured and should compete for the 4 or 5 apot
$4.4M seems a bit high
They may non tender him and then turn around and sign him for half the expected arbitration amount.
$4.4MM for a starting pitcher is a bit much? Lynn and Gibson set the bar last year at $12MM. Blackburn looks like a bargain if healthy.
Spotrac projects him at $6m. And it might be a lot if the guy only pitches half the time, and struggles half the time he does pitch.
@ Atty That’s the most likely scenario given the Mets need for starters right now, and Blackburn’s injury status. Both sides are compromised and need each other, but the team has more options, while the player is kind of stuck with whatever he can get. Half of $4.4m is a lot better than waiting all winter for a minor league deal.
He showed to be a completely erratic BOTR. His good games were very good, and his bad was were horrific – the kind of bad that strains the bullpen. He missed a lot of games with back issues. He had a surgery that will keep him away from baseball activities until at least January, so he will likely be behind come spring training and might not be ready for the start of the season. And then we have no idea whether or not he can stay healthy. And he does not have any minor league options remaining. So if they tender him, then DFA him at some point in the season, they’re on the hook for that money.
I’m not saying they don’t or shouldn’t tender him. Just saying that its a plausible call either way.
Blackburn’s a fun pitcher to watch because he’s a throwback soft-tosser. He can be very effective against aggressive hitter lineups (e.g., the Braves). But for a soft-tosser, he sure is injured a lot.
Trevor Rogers for the orioles would be embarrassing for mgmnt after his trade deadline acquisition
As much as I would like to dump Trevor Rogers, Mike Elias made a point of saying, constantly and to the exclusion of all else, that Rogers had two more years of control. Elias apparently didn’t give a flip that Rogers is terrible, he’s just happy he’s going to be around for two more years.
Go Figure…
While Norby had 6 years of control left. What a horrible trade. Great for the Marlins though.
That was a horrible deal, but the Orioles are still one of the best run teams in baseball
Let’s wait and see what happens this off-season. There’s a new owner, new money, and none of the old restraints remain, as far as we know, so we will see what Mike Elias does with his newfound freedom.
Mets should resign Torrens and if non tendered Civale, May and Bednar
Time to build the Mexico non tenders roster
Give me
C- Torrens
1B- Sheets
2B- Rodgers
SS- Walls
3B- Mateo who I’m shifting from ss to 3B
CF- Moniak
LF- De La Cruz
RF- Fraley
DH- Joe
Bench:
Yarestremski to cover all 3 OF spots
Berti to cover all 4 INF spots
Stubbs at BUC
Starting 5
Lively, May, Dunning, McKenzie, Gomber
Top relief options give me
Romano, Topa, Wilson, Effross as my righties
Suarez, Mayza, Speier as my lefties
Think we could win 70 games if everyone’s healthy
I agree ! That list is absolutely loaded with talent. Many teams will be shooting there and rightfully so
Wouldn’t mind if the Jays took a look at Rojas or Fraley should they hit the market. I’m guessing they’d look at a lot of bounce back reliever names as well when they rebuild the bullpen.
I hope the reds keep Fraley ! He crushes it in limited playing time
Benson should be before anyone else, but I wouldn’t be surprised if all these guys listed are non-tendered be ause they have higher salaries and not regular playing time.
Same reason they are trying to trade India, but they better hope everyone is healthy if they do.
Quite an interesting group here. I mean I do think a large portion of these players will be tendered contracts, but free agency could get a lot more interesting soon.
Dustin May stands out as a “wtf were the authors thinking” entry on this list. Dude’s a fantastic talent and makes nothing. Unless there’s something they know about his arm that we don’t (his injury last year was freakish and not pitching related).
If he does get non-tendered, Boston needs to start talking to defensive metrics whiz Nick Fortes. Connor Wong can hit, but he has a negative impact on the pitching staff.
I see Bednar getting traded before he gets non-tendered.
Smart thing would be to negotiate a deal for less money, avoiding arbitration after a poor season.
You could create a pretty solid church league softball team with these guys.
Rays list of actual free agents we can maybe afford
Rays leadership drooling over this list no doubt ! And every player hoping to hear from em !
They are salivating at the chance to keep Taylor Walls around long term and sign Nick Fortes.
Walls is awful, I don’t understand their love for him
There’s two i don’t see my beloved Pirates non -tendering the fan base would riot David Bednar & Bryan Dela Cruz because of trade capital given up PLUS Dela Cruz admitted was trying to hard when got to Pirates keep him for that reason alone
Fans blame De La Cruz as the reason the Pirates fell apart late in the season. That’s hogwash. I agree, he gets tendered.
I think they should and will tender both of them contracts but should still look at finding better options if the situation presents itself.
All 3 have minor league options remaining. Let’s see what Hague can do with De La Cruz. Bednar needs to be better. The Pirates looked to extend Bednar prior to the 2024 season. Thankfully, that went no where. De La Cruz and Bednar would be wise to sign for less money before tonight’s 8PM ET deadline.
Guardians will not non-tender Hentges.
They might not. Hentges won’t pitch in 2025 according to front office because of surgery.
LOL at LaMonte Wade Jr not being mentioned as a non-tender candidate at 1B when Posey has openly discussed moving on from platoon players and guys that don’t play everyday.
He gone.
hopefully the Bucs don’t tender Connor Joe but this franchise is known for making bad player decisions
Connor Joe has no role on the Pirates. Easy non-tender. He’s not an everyday player. Much better at 1B than RF.
If the Mets non-tender Paul Blackburn, I hope that the Sacramento A’s get Blackburn back.
Wisdom to NY
Most interesting aspect of the article was finding out Madrigal’s nickname is Nicky Two Strikes. At that point, my thoughts immediately turned to the movie Goodfellas ⚾
He’s gonna go get the strikeout. Get the strikeout.
By “Non-Tender”, you mean Well Done ??
With cost cutting a reality for half of baseball teams with the continuing RSN fiasco, a lot of these guys will get a rude awakening, unfortunately.
Why in the world would the O’s non-tender Wells while he works his way through UCL surgery & recovery when he is only projected to end up with an arbitration salary of a couple million? Whether he’s in the bullpen or the rotation the team can surely find a place where he’s effective and a bargain at that price. If they non-tendered Wells his agent would have a dozen teams calling him before dinner tonight trying to get Wells to join them even with his expected return being halfway through 2025..
He’s not very good to begin with and hasn’t pitched in a long time. Cheap depth but could just be a waste of money for a team that needs to really devote resources to pitching to get over the hump.
I’d like to see the Yankees bring in vaughn and Brendan Rogers. Consistent, yet unspectacular playsers. Vaughnwill give you 20hr and 70 RBI can play 1B/OF. Rogers can play all over the IF and hit around 260 with occasional power. Maybe they can start maybe they’re utility
I see Quantrill as a probable non-tender. I wonder if Cleveland will try to lure him back.
Not for 9 million. This according to trade rumors arbitration figures for quantrill.
The only way Josh Rojas gets non-tendered is if he breaks his leg or something. He most likely starts at either 3rd or 2nd. The Mariners might upgrade one of those spots this off-season, but not both.
Dodgers have one candidate not listed: Logue, No way he males it through the winter on the 40-man. Next up if they need a spot is Grove.
I see the Astros are keeping Chas and Meyers who both stink like crazy. 4 years or so with team and each year get to late spring/early summer and start saying we have no one to play LF/CF
Tucker it may be his last season. Chas stunk last season. Year before was ok but not hitting cover off ball consistently. Defense even last season.
Meyers that is all he is like a closer guy for CF at end of game for D purposes. If they do keep Bregman that will be their only big move.
Want to keep the same broken down team. Really waiting to see if Bregman gets better or he stinks even worse if they give him a hot deal.
But if him, Soto, Walker, Alonso any of these sign during Winter meetings, who knows.