We’re slightly greater than two weeks into the 2024-25 MLB offseason and to this point the Angels have been the have been probably the most energetic group. 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 sizzling 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 Submit. 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 high ranked free agent.
The Blue Jays, Crimson 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 Crimson Sox about their dedication to profitable and participant analysis strategies, amongst different issues. It is protected to imagine he requested the Mets (and each different group 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 provide, in accordance 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 could occur underneath totally different contract phrases. We ranked Severino because the Nineteenth-best free agent out there this offseason.
Severino, 30, threw 182 innings with a 3.91 ERA in 2024. It was his finest and healthiest season in fairly a while — Severino threw 209 ⅓ innings complete 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 finest probability at a profitable multi-year contract.
Reds won’t decrease payroll
Though Main League Baseball will take over the group’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 as if a robust candidate to simply accept the $21.05 million qualifying provide previous to Tuesday’s deadline, which might eat up most of that spending room. Jonathan India has popped up commerce rumors lately and might be a part of a wage shuffling commerce.
