[Griever20]

Free Agent Signings:
Los Angeles Dodgers SP Zach Greinke(29, 3.5*, 16-7 3.30 199K 5.6WAR) 7y/$202M – 1x PotY, 2x All-Star
Miami Marlins C Joe Mauer(29, 4.5*, .275-5-60 .724OPS 3.4WAR) 7y/$166M – 1x MvP, 3x GG, 4x SS, 4x All-Star
Chicago Cubs LF Aaron Gordon(28, 3.5*, .271-23-76 .796OPS 2.8WAR) 7y/$140.8M – 1x GG, 1x All-Star
Chicago Cubs C Carlos Ruiz(33, 4*, .302-11-65 .822OPS 5.1WAR) 5y/$132.2M –1x All-Star
San Diego Padres 1B Adrian Gonzalez(30, 3.5*, .276-19-93 .766OPS 1.9WAR) 6y/$132.2M –1x SS, 3x GG, 4x All-Star
Chicago Cubs RF Shane Victorino(32, 3.5*, .268-7-41 .746OPS 3.1WAR) 5y/$90.2M – 3x GG, 2x All-Star
San Francisco Giants SP Josh Johnson(28, 3.5*, 16-6 3.84 192K 4.7WAR) 4y/$92M – 1x SS, 4x All-Star
Houston Astros 2B Dustin Pedroia(29, 3.5*, .283-14-40 .760OPS 1.4WAR) 6y/$108.6M – 1x MvP, 1x RotY, 2x GG, 1x SS, 4x All-Star
Minnesota Twins SS Hanley Ramirez(28, 3.5*, .277-25-82 .805OPS 3.1WAR) 6y/$108.4M – 2006 RotY, 2x SS, 3x All-Star
Oakland Athletics 1B Billy Butler(26, 3.5*, .274-12-56 .720OPS 0.7WAR) 7y/$102.2M
Arizona Diamondbacks RF Carlos Quentin(30, 3.5*, .275-38-113 .909OPS 4.6WAR) 5y/$97M – 2x SS, 3x All-Star
Chicago White Sox RF Hunter Pence(29, 3.5*, .279-26-90 .804OPS 4.1WAR) 7y/$93.1M – 2x All-Star
San Francisco Giants C Victor Martinez(34, 4*, .313-5-36 .774OPS 1.1WAR) 4y/$92M – 1x SS, 4x All-Star
Houston Astros LF Nick Swisher(32, 3.5*, .278-30-100 .894OPS 5.3WAR) 4y/$81.2M –1x SS, 2x All-Star
New York Mets RF Carlos Beltran(35, 3.5*, .300-29-105 .848OPS 4.9WAR) 3y/59.4M – 1x RotY, 3x GG, 2x SS, 7x All-Star
Texas Rangers 1B David Ortiz(37, 4*, .303-20-70 .901OPS 2.6WAR) 2y/$48M – 7x SS, 8x All-Star


Trade News:

Transactions:
December 20th – AAA LF Nick Castellanos, SP Blake Snell, SP Noah Syndergaard, CF Kevin Kiermaier, RHRP Chris Heston, AA RF Avsail Garcia and A 3B Eugenio Suárez were placed on the 40-man to protect them for the Rule 5 draft.

December 21st – We selected RHRP Tyler Duffey(21, 2/3*) from the Minnesota Twins in the Rule 5 Draft. We lost AAA OF Adam Duvall(24, 1.5/2.5*) and AA RHRP Sam Dyson(24, 2/3*) in the draft.

January 22nd – We blew our whole international amateur budget on 17-year old RHSP Victor Torres(1.5/5* 70/65/70 65 Stamina). The kid has high adaptability, work ethic and baseball IQ and is a groundball pitcher.