The 2025-26 Main League Baseball offseason is ongoing, and with spring coaching coming into view we’re working our even deeper into the game’s offseason calendar. With a couple of identify free brokers and commerce candidates nonetheless on the board even at this more and more late hour, there is a every day provide of rumors. Talking of which, you’ll find Saturday’s roundup slightly below.
Guardians, Ramírez near contract extension
The Guardians and José Ramírez, one of many biggest gamers in franchise historical past, are closing in on a contract extension, Héctor Gómez and Jon Heyman report.
Ramírez, 33, is presently underneath contract via the 2028 season on a seven-year, $141 million deal. The extension, if finalized, would run via the 2032 season and add $106 million to the worth of his present contract, $70 million of which reportedly could be deferred.
Ramírez is coming off yet one more high-quality season in 2025. In 158 video games for Cleveland, he put up an OPS+ of 137 with 30 house runs, 44 stolen bases, and plus fielding at third base. The ruthlessly constant Ramírez has completed within the prime 10 of the American League MVP balloting for six straight seasons, together with eight of the final 9 seasons. Ramírez’s profession WAR of 57.6 ranks fifth all-time in Guardians franchise historical past.
Giants unable to land Abrams from Nats
Because the Nationals proceed to re-appraise their roster underneath the brand new entrance workplace, they’re apparently keen to contemplate buying and selling shortstop CJ Abrams. That willingness, nevertheless, has its limits. The Giants not too long ago pursued Abrams and have been keen to incorporate considered one of their prime prospects in that theoretical commerce (shortstop Josuar Gonzalez), however the Nats weren’t , the Athletic experiences.
The Giants in fact have a shortstop in Willy Adames, who’s going into the second yr of a seven-year free agent contract with San Francisco. That in flip implies that they could have been pondering a place change for Abrams. For now, although, such an acquisition by the Giants and Buster Posey does not look like on the desk.
