We’re a bit greater than two weeks into the 2024-25 MLB offseason and up to now the Angels have been the have been probably 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 essentially kick issues into gear. Right here now are Sunday’s scorching 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, stories the New York Put up. The Mets made a “very detailed” presentation, although it’s unknown whether or not any provides had been made or numbers had been exchanged. Soto is after all our prime 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 secure to imagine he requested the Mets (and each different staff he met with) the identical questions.
Severino unlikely to simply accept QO
Proper-hander Luis Severino is unlikely to simply accept the $21.05 million qualifying supply, in keeping with 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 underneath 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 ⅓ 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 offer Cincinnati some spending room this offseason, righty Nick Martinez looks like a robust candidate to simply accept the $21.05 million qualifying supply previous to Tuesday’s deadline, which might eat up most of that spending room. Jonathan India has popped up commerce rumors not too long ago and may very well be a part of a wage shuffling commerce.
