January 2: Alden Segui, an effective member of our pen last season, signed a 2/9 deal with St. Louis.
January 4: And another former member of our pen who spent 7 seasons with us, Mike Moore, has joined the Mets on a 3/26 contract.
January 7: The Hall of Fame voting is in:
C J.T. Realmuto 87.7 (1st year) Inducted HOF
2B Jose Altuve 86.2 (5th year) Inducted HOF
LF Christian Yelich 71.8 (3rd year)
RF Bryce Harper 60.7 (1st year)
SP Jacob deGrom 59.2 (4th year)
3B Manny Machado 40.2 (1st year)
3B Anthony Rendon 34.0 (2nd year)
SP Walker Buehler 26.1 (2nd year)
SP Gerrit Cole 20.8 (4th year)
C Buster Posey 17.9 (9th year)
SP David Price 17.6 (9th year)
CL Ken Giles 12.9 (4th year)
CL Kenley Jansen 10.9 (7th year)
SP Chris Sale 10.0 (7th year)
CL Craig Kimbrel 10.0 (9th year)
3B Luis Arraez 7.9 (2nd year)
1B Jose Abreu 7.3 (5th year)
SP Aaron Nola 7.3 (1st year)
SP Adam Wainwright 7.0 (10th year) Dropped
SP Jon Lester 6.2 (10th year) Dropped
SP Corey Kluber 5.6 (10th year) Dropped
SP Tyler Glasnow 4.7 (1st year) Dropped
Congrats to Realmuto and Altuve, the latter having to wait 5 years. Yelich should make it next year and I'm a bit surprised Harper didn't get in on the first ballot.
January 20: We signed a 5-star international prospect, OF
Alex Gotay, who has potential 70 contact/65 power. The 17-year-old projects to be a mediocre fielder at best.
January 23: And we inked the top pitching prospect in the international amateur class, 16-year-old Dominican Jose Cantillo, projected 65/65/65.
January 26: We pulled off a trade to bring us another starting pitcher:
Our money was limited but we managed to snag Bryant and got the Giants to pay some of his salary as he's signed through 2038. Bryant led the majors in ERA at 2.59 and earned 4.6 WAR so he's more than just a fifth starter for us. He's rated 65/45/50 but so far has only averaged about 1 HR/9 in his last 3 seasons with the Giants despite the below-average movement rating. Poynter was our 3rd round pick in 2033 but projects to be a 5th starter at best and Chavarria, who was up briefly with us last season, is an excellent glove man but a singles hitter. Unsurprisingly the fans were excited about the deal.
January 31: Former Rays slugger Andrew Greckel, who spent the last two seasons with the Yankees, signed a 2/32 deal with the Cardinals. He's in the twilight of his career at 37.
March 3: Ron Baer, who was in our rotation to begin last season but tore a meniscus and only made 5 starts, signed a 1-year, $8.2M deal with Houston. He started off the winter only demanding around $3.5 and we were in on him until he approached $5M (this was before we acquired Bryant) and obviously he did way better than that in the end.
March 20: Starter
Joe Scheu has been diagnosed with chronic back soreness and will miss three weeks, putting him on the IL to start the season.
Mario Urizar is slated to take his place in the rotation.