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Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports The following article is a part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing take a look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2024 Hall of Fame poll. For an in depth introduction to this 12 months’s poll, and different candidates within the sequence, use the device above; an introduction to JAWS might be discovered right here. For a tentative schedule, see right here. All WAR figures seek advice from the Baseball-Reference model until in any other case indicated. 2024 BBWAA Candidate: Brandon Phillips Player Pos Career WAR Peak WAR JAWS H HR SB AVG/OBP/SLG OPS+ Brandon Phillips 2B 28.4 24.8 26.6 2,029 211 209 .275/.320/.420 95 SOURCE: Baseball-Reference Though he carried himself with a decidedly fashionable swagger, Brandon Phillips styled himself as a throwback, a lo...

1. Leo De Vries, SS, D.R.: Padres+ ($4.2 million) More »2. Paulino Santana, OF, D.R.: Rangers+ ($1.3 million) More »3. Jose Perdomo, SS, Ven.: Braves ($5 million) More »4. Fernando Cruz, SS, D.R.: Cubs ($4 million) More »5. Adolfo Sanchez, OF, D.R.: Reds+ ($2.7 million) More »6. Yovanny Rodriguez, C, Ven.: Mets+ ($2.85 million) More »7. Dawel Joseph, SS, D.R.: Mariners ($3 million) More »8. Daiber De Los Santos, SS, D.R.: Twins More »9. Kennew Blanco, SS, Ven.10. Adriel Radney, OF, D.R.: D-backs ($1.85 million) More »11. Eduardo Herrera, 3B, Ven.: White Sox More »12. Jorge Quintana, SS, Ven.: Brewers More »13. Roberto Arias, OF, D.R.: Guardians+ More »14. Emil Morales, SS, Spain: Dodgers More »15. Francisco Vilorio, OF, D.R.: Yankees ($1.75 million) More »16. Yandel Ricardo, SS, D.R.: Roya...

Troy Taylor is an under-the-radar pitcher to maintain your eye on within the Seattle Mariners system. A 22-year-old right-hander who was taken within the twelfth spherical of the 2022 draft out of the University of California Irvine, Taylor impressed evaluators within the Arizona Fall League with a two-pitch combine that has him well-positioned for a future position as a big-league reliever. “I’m a big fan of what he can do athletically, as a mover,” stated a scout I spoke to. “His stuff is good. He’s a guy who probably ends up in the bullpen with the Mariners, and sooner rather than later.” He’s already come a good distance. Taylor was an infielder at Rancho Cucamonga’s Los Osos High School, and when he did sometimes take the mound — “I closed a couple of times” — all he actually di...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- As Ron Washington took the stage alongside MLB Network host Harold Reynolds on Friday evening, the impressionable viewers earlier than him -- lots of whom hadn’t even taken their first steps but when he started his huge league managerial profession in 2007 -- rose to their ft to supply a standing ovation. The Angels’ supervisor was one in all a sequence of visitor audio system invited to the 2024 DREAM Series, a Major League Baseball and USA Baseball improvement occasion for predominately Black elite highschool athletes geared towards the dynamics of pitching and catching. It was becoming for Washington to be in attendance, provided that the occasion -- held yearly since 2017 in concurrence with Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend -- takes place at Tempe Diablo Stadium, the ...

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports As you may need heard, the Yankees made an enormous splash early this offseason by buying and selling for Juan Soto. It was one of the impactful strikes of your complete winter, and so they struck rapidly. Then, they went into hibernation. Their subsequent main transfer didn’t come till yesterday, after they signed Marcus Stroman to a two-year deal value $37 million, as Joel Sherman first reported. As second acts go, it’s absolutely not what Yankees followers had been hoping for. New York was linked to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and a number of other different fascinating pitchers had been at the least briefly related to the group as nicely. But whereas Stroman is hardly probably the most thrilling signing of the offseason, I feel he’ll be an vital cog within the...

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Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports The following article is a part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing have a look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2024 Hall of Fame poll. For an in depth introduction to this yr’s poll, and different candidates within the sequence, use the software above; an introduction to JAWS will be discovered right here. For a tentative schedule, see right here. All WAR figures discuss with the Baseball-Reference model except in any other case indicated. 2024 BBWAA Candidate: José Bautista Player Pos Career WAR Peak WAR JAWS H HR AVG/OBP/SLG OPS+ José Bautista RF 36.7 38.2 37.5 1,496 344 .247/.361/.475 124 SOURCE: Baseball-Reference For a seven-season interval from 2010–16, no person in baseball hit extra house runs than José Bautista. The Blue Jays slugger led the ...

This story was excerpted from Juan Toribio's Dodgers Beat publication. To learn the complete publication, click on right here. And subscribe to get it often in your inbox. LOS ANGELES -- Over the weekend, the Dodgers continued to improve their offense, coming to an settlement with former All-Star outfielder Teoscar Hernández on a one-year, $23.5 million deal. The contract remains to be pending a bodily and won't be made official till subsequent week. But with Hernández totally anticipated to be with the Dodgers this season -- paired with offers with Jason Heyward, Shohei Ohtani and the commerce for Manuel Margot -- Los Angeles is now seemingly finished including place gamers this offseason, barring an offseason or Spring Training damage. The 13 place gamers projected to be with the Dodgers...

John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports For the final two offseasons, the Mets have operated with shock and awe, signing each free agent that wasn’t nailed down en path to constructing a crew that might commerce blows with the Braves atop the NL East. As you will have heard, that didn’t precisely pan out. So this offseason, they’re taking a brand new tack with a string of fascinating signings that play beneath the highest of the market. That development continued over the weekend, when the Mets signed Sean Manaea to a two-year, $28 million deal, as Jon Heyman first reported. As Kyle Kishimoto famous in our free agent preview, Manaea spent 2023 swinging wildly between roles for a Giants crew that wanted pitching assist in every single place. He was a starter, lengthy reliever, setup man, regardles...

Dakota Hudson provides expertise to Rockies' rotation nn","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","thumbnail_url":null,"type":"oembed","width":550,"contentType":"rich"},"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Now, Black and Hudson can seize a chunk -- and hopefully have a good time a bit -- in Major League venues. Hudson, 29, reached a one-year settlement with the Rockies on Friday. Hudson will earn a $1.5 million base wage, with one other potential $1.5 million in bonuses primarily based on innings pitched. Although his contract is for one 12 months, Hudson can be eligible for arbitration and subsequently is below membership management for 2025.nnBack in 2016, the Angels took catcher Matt Thaiss with the sixte...