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MLB Rumors – San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets & Atlanta Braves Hoping to Sign Yoenis Cespedes
The Detroit Tigers signing Justin Upton on a massive, pretty much unexpected deal leaves Yoenis Cespedes in an interesting situation. A lot of teams around the league want him: The San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves all showing interest, but his demands and the team’s own needs aren’t completely matching.
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MLB Rumors – Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays & Baltimore Orioles Interested in Signing Antonio Bastardo
While the free agency market is getting thinner, there are still very good players to be signed, like relief pitcher Antonio Bastardo, maybe the best remaining in that role. He last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and will likely end up with one of the following: Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, and the Toronto Blue Jays.
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MLB Rumors – Cleveland Indians Not Trading Anyone Worth a Damn
After entertaining trade calls and offers for their starting pitchers Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer, Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar, the Cleveland Indians are pretty confident they’re done even considering moving one of them right now.
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MLB Rumors – New York Mets, Washington Nationals & Los Angeles Angels Interested in Signing Howie Kendrick
When the Howie Kendrick balked the qualifying offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers, they were probably relieved. They’re more interested in the draft pick they’ll get if someone signs him between now and June, with the New York Mets, Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Angels sorta interested.
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MLB Rumors – Miami Marlins, Cincinnati Reds & Texas Rangers in a Marcell Ozuna Trade Triangle
It’s more than likely Marcell Ozuna stays with the Miami Marlins despite their attempts to trade him during the offseason, but if he does end up leaving to another team, it’s probably going to be either the Texas Rangers or the Cincinnati Reds.
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MLB Rumors – Houston Astros & Toronto Blue Jays Left to Try & Sign Yovani Gallardo
The best free agent left on the market is Yovani Gallardo, who is likely to end up with the two teams most interested in adding a starting pitcher: The Houston Astros or the Toronto Blue Jays.
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MLB Rumors – St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers or Chicago White Sox Will Sign Yoenis Cespedes & Justin Upton
Recent deals leave the free agency market for big hitting outfielders like this: Yoenis Cespedes at the top of the pyramid waiting for an offer, Justin Upton right behind him. While no combination being a perfect fit, Cespedes and Young are going to end up on two of the following teams: St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers or the Chicago White Sox.
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MLB Rumors – Baltimore Orioles Sorta Copy New York Mets by Making Chris Davis the New Bobby Bonilla
One more interesting tidbit to the Baltimore Orioles re-signing Chris Davis on a record deal as far as the franchise is concerned is how the payment of $161 million is going to be spread out. Hint? Davis is going to be receiving a paycheck from the Orioles long after he retires.
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MLB Rumors – Kansas City Royals Taking Surprising Risk By Signing Ian Kennedy
The fact that the Kansas City Royals went ahead and signed Ian Kennedy isn’t such a big surprise. The more surprising factor in this deal is the amount of money they were willing to give him.
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MLB Rumors – Baltimore Orioles Signing Chris Davis Opens Up the Market for the Final Major Signings
The Baltimore Orioles slightly adjusted their offer and re-signed Chris Davis. While this means they held on to their slugger, it also means that there’s nothing stopping teams from going after the other available big hitters like Yoenis Cespedes who might be the next one to be off the board.