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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
2h
Analysis of Toronto Blue Jays signing Michael Brantley. Brantley joins George Springer in Toronto. Blue Jays offseason moves.
Toronto Blue Jays
... ows no sign in drop off in hard hit rate. There’s no question this makes the Blue Jays a better offense in 2021. Brantley, Springer, Cavan Biggo, Guerrero, Bo Bich ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
8h
Toronto Blue Jays sign George Springer to six-year contract. Analysis of Springer $150 million signing. Blue Jays offseason moves.
New York Mets
... ew York is left to look elsewhere for an outfield upgrade. The Blue Jays and Mets were the two main teams bidding for Springer over recent weeks. This goes do ...
New York Yankees
... and former Astros teammate. Springer’s projections Only the Dodgers, Padres, Yankees and Mets are ahead of the Blue Jays in Fangraphs’ 2021 projected WAR. Spring ...
Toronto Blue Jays
... enders to a legitimate challenger for the Yankees and White Sox in 2021. The Blue Jays offseason has kicked into action this week. They struck out on DJ LeMahieu, ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
19 Jan
New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates three-team trade analysis. Joe Musgrove trade, Joey Lucchesi dealt. MLB offseason moves.
New York Mets
... be a bargain price. San Diego did the same with Blake Snell and Yu Darvish. Mets and Padres actually try to win Being willing to take on salary is the market ...
Pittsburgh Pirates
... David Bednar, Omar Cruz and Drake Fellows were also in the deal as the Pirates restock their farm system by trading yet another talented Major League playe ...
San Diego Padres
... gain price. San Diego did the same with Blake Snell and Yu Darvish. Mets and Padres actually try to win Being willing to take on salary is the market inefficien ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
18 Jan
Julio Teheran and Anibal Sanchez throwing joint showcase Tuesday. Veteran starting pitching free agents landing spots.
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Jamie Parker
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Franchise Sports
16 Jan
New York Yankees sign Corey Kluber. Analysis of Kluber signing and impact on Yankees rotation. More free agent moves to come.
New York Yankees
... ke Schmidt, who are expected to take the next step in their short careers. Yankees rotation options On paper, the Yankees are building a strong starting rotati ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
15 Jan
New York Mets pursuing free agent Brad Hand. MLB offseason news - Mets trying to sign Hand on two-year deal.
New York Mets
... ot close to a deal (yet). The Mets bullpen was 15th in wins above average last season. Improving on that was a ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
15 Jan
New York Yankees set to re-sign DJ LeMahieu. Dodgers miss out on star infielder. Yankees make first major offseason move.
New York Yankees
... hird and fill in at first when required. He’s also flourished as a hitter at Yankee Stadium. Already an impressive contact hitter with the Rockies, LeMahieu has ...
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Tyler Arthur
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Franchise Sports
12 Jan
Chicago White Sox offseason needs. ChiSox sign Liam Hendriks to improve bullpen. More offseason moves required.
Chicago White Sox
... solid power and speed, with 28 homers and 13 stolen bases in that span. The White Sox already added Adam Eaton on a one-year deal in December, and he was probably ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
12 Jan
Reaction and analysis as Chicago White Sox sign Liam Hendriks. Free agent reliever pens multi-year deal. White Sox bullpen improvement.
Chicago White Sox
... ow in the high-nineties. How Hendriks performs in 2023 might not matter. The White Sox are a World Series contender in 2021, and should be in 2022. Hendriks is a m ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
10 Jan
Andrew Benintendi trade destinations. Potential trade partners and packages as the Boston Red Sox consider deal. Benintendi trade rumors.
Boston Red Sox
... s, and he sat at league average in 2019. Defense has been an issue, too. The Red Sox left fielder recorded -10 by Statcast’s outs above average in 2019. As the R ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
9 Jan
Washington Nationals sign free agent Kyle Schwarber on a one-year, $10 million deal. Analysis of Nationals biggest offseason move to date.
Chicago Cubs
... The 27-year-old has hit 49 homers since the start of the 2019 campaign. The Cubs exodus continues. Schwarber’s time in Chicago was over when they didn’t tend ...
Washington Nationals
... been significantly bolstered by these two significant winter additions. The Nationals will be hoping the universal DH is agreed to for 2021 – Schwarber and Bell b ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
8 Jan
Following Franciso Lindor trade, New York Mets have big offseason moves to make. Free agents they should pursue.
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
7 Jan
New York Mets trade for Francisco Lindor from Cleveland Indians. Analysis of trade including Carlos Carrasco.
Cleveland Indians
... Lindor enables this trade. Taking Carrasco’s contract off the penny-pinching Indians is a big-market power move that only a handful of franchises would make. The ...
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Sam Cox
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Franchise Sports
5 Jan
Los Angeles Dodgers interested in free agent DJ LeMahieu. Yankees yet to meet LeMahieu's asking price this offseason.