Sources - Cubs, lefty Shota Imanaga finalizing 4-year, $53M deal - ESPN
CHICAGO — The Cubs finalized a deal with Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga on Wednesday, agreeing to a four-year, $53 million contract, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.
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Top remaining MLB free agents by position: Team predictions - ESPN
What do we need to spice up the rest of this offseason? More out-of-nowhere transactions like the Chris Sale-for-Vaughn Grissom trade between the Red Sox and Braves. So maybe we can hope for Blake Snell to the Pittsburgh Pirates or Jordan Montgomery signing with the Cincinnati Reds or Julio Rodriguez going to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a blockbuster deal. (Just kidding, Mariners fans.)
Free agents, trades, and moves Yamamoto finalists can pursue - ESPN
When Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers — after the team had already added Shohei Ohtani on a 10-year, $700 million contract — L.A. ended up with the two biggest fish in the free agent market. A number of teams had one or both of those new Dodgers at the top of their target list. What should those front offices do now?
What we've learned from the first month of MLB free agency - ESPN
A few hours after my free agency projections go up at the start of the MLB offseason, I generally want to move at least a few names or change a few predictions. Sometimes it's just me waffling or splitting hairs on a close call, but often it's from feedback from my industry friends letting me know what stood out to them.
MLB free agency: Why to avoid Blake Snell, invest in Tim Anderson - ESPN
I recently shared thoughts on each player when I dove into my top 50 projected free agent contracts, but I didn't fully tip my hand on what players would be the best investments. Now I'll pick the three players from this free agent market in whom I'd be most comfortable investing from a team's perspective — and the three I'd stay away from, given what I think their contracts will look like.
Sources - Cardinals, free agent Lance Lynn reach 1-year deal - ESPN
Right-hander Lance Lynn and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed on a one-year contract with a club option that guarantees $10 million and reunites the 36-year-old with the team that drafted him a decade and a half ago, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN on Monday.
Free-agent pitcher Aaron Nola returns to Phillies, signing 7-year deal
Aaron Nola is staying in Philadelphia, after all.
Gerrit Cole a unanimous winner of his 1st AL Cy Young Award; Blake Snell takes NL prize
Gerrit Cole was a unanimous winner of his first American League Cy Young Award on Wednesday, and Blake Snell took the National League honour in becoming the seventh hurler to earn baseball's top pitching prize in both leagues.