Spring coaching camps will open throughout Arizona and Florida this coming week and there are nonetheless loads of free brokers ready to signal and commerce candidates ready to maneuver. Even with camp opening, there will likely be no scarcity of sizzling range exercise the subsequent few weeks. Right here now are Sunday’s sizzling range happenings.
Dodgers start extension walks with Roberts
The Dodgers and supervisor Dave Roberts have “simply began speaking” a few contract extension, Roberts confirmed on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight podcast. “Hopefully every thing takes care of itself, nevertheless it’s about worth, and I really like this group. However yeah, you need to really feel your worth, completely,” Roberts stated. The Dodgers are 851-506 (.627) in 9 years below Roberts and he is led the membership to 2 World Collection titles.
Roberts, 52, is coming into the ultimate season on the three-year contract extension he signed in March 2022. The Dodgers are the defending World Collection champions and the World Collection favorites coming into 2025. It stands to purpose Roberts has his sights set on a contract within the neighborhood of (or exceeding) Craig Counsell’s supervisor report five-year, $40 million take care of the Cubs.
Suarez almost certainly Padres’ commerce candidate
Nearer Robert Suarez is probably the most possible Padres participant to be traded, studies the San Diego Union-Tribune. That doesn’t imply a commerce will occur, solely that Suarez is extra more likely to be moved that different San Diego gamers who’ve often been talked about in commerce rumors this offseason, particularly Luis Arraez, Dylan Stop, and Michael King.
Suarez, 34 subsequent month, was an All-Star final season, when he saved 36 video games with a 2.77 ERA in 65 innings. He is owed $10 million in 2025 and $8 million in each 2026 and 2027. Suarez can decide out of his contract after this coming season. The Padres have had a really quiet offseason amid possession infighting. Buying and selling Suarez can be a simple option to clear payroll for different strikes.
Marlins contemplating including veteran starter
The rebuilding Marlins are contemplating including a veteran starter, in keeping with the Miami Herald. Miami’s projected rotation at the moment consists of 2022 NL Cy Younger winner Sandy Alcantara, who missed 2024 with Tommy John surgical procedure, in addition to Edward Cabrera, Max Meyer, and Ryan Weathers. Valente Bellozo, Xzavion Curry, and Adam Mazur are additionally rotation candidates.
Kyle Gibson, Andrew Heaney, and Jose Quintana are among the many veteran innings guys who stay free brokers. The Marlins might additionally look to the commerce market, the place starters like Jordan Montgomery, Chris Paddack, and Marcus Stroman might be had at minimal price. In reality, their groups may even connect a prospect as a sweeter to shed their contracts, all of which expire after 2025.
