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Old 07-26-2025, 02:39 PM   #73
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2015/16 Offseason Roundup

On vacation for a week, play/offseason will continue next Sunday

Free Agent Signings:
Philadelphia Phillies CF Jason Heyward(26, 4.5*, .288-13-54 .926OPS 5.0WAR 88G) – 8y/$238.2M – 3x All-Star, 2x GG, 1x SS
Cincinnati Reds 2B Starlin Castro(25, 3*, .284-17-73 .746OPS 5.3WAR 151G) – 7y/$150.8M – 4x All-Star, 1x SS
Minnesota Twins 1B Freddie Freeman(26, 3.5*, .297-14-78 .830OPS 3.1WAR 143G) – 6y/$138.2M – 1x All-Star
Philadelphia Phillies 1B Miguel Cabrera(32, 4.5*, .328-31-88 .953OPS 4.8WAR 158G) – 5y/$136M – 2012 AL MvP, 10x All-Star, 6x SS
New York Yankees RHSP Johnny Cueto(29, 3*, 19-3 2.54 159K 3.3WAR 32GS) – 7y/$112M – 1x All-Star
Arizona Diamondbacks 1B Edwin Encarnacion(32, 3.5*, .275-46-115 .922OPS 6.1WAR 156G) – 5y/$83.2M – 3x All-Star, 1x SS
Boston Red Sox RHSP Matt Cain(31, 3*, 12-13 3.98 171K 2.9WAR 33GS) - 5y/$76M – 2x All-Star
Chicago White Sox 1B Ryan Zimmerman(31, 3*, .266-22-98 .791OPS 3.4WAR) – 5y/$70M – 3x All-Star, 1x GG, 2x SS
Colorado Rockies RHSP Mat Latos(28, 3/3.5*, 11-10 4.44 186K 3.1WAR 34GS) – 4y/$64M
Chicago White Sox LHCL Jake McGee(29, 5*, 3-3 16SV 3.26 51K 0.4WAR 35G) – 3y/$58.4M – 1x All-Star
Detroit Tigers RF Jose Bautista(35, 3*, .247-33-73 .823OPS 2.6WAR) – 3y/$54M – 4x All-Star, 2x SS
Boston Red Sox RHSP R.A. Dickey(41, 3*, 13-14 3.22 201K 4.0WAR 33GS) - 3y/$43.1M – 1x All-Star
Minnesota Twins 1B David Ortiz(40, 3*, .298-24-86 .875OPS 2.4WAR) – 2y/$31.2M – 8x All-Star, 6x SS


Former Toronto Blue Jays:
Detroit Tigers 2B Eduardo Escobar(27, 2.5*, .266-4-13 .717OPS 0.2WAR) – 3y/$10.56M
Texas Rangers RHRP Joakim Soria(31, 2.5*, 9-5 30SV 56K 0.9WAR 60G) – 2y/$7.6M – 2x All-Star
Los Angeles Dodgers RHRP Al Alburquerque(29, 2*, 4-1 3SV 3.61 47.1IP 0.4WAR AAA) – 1y/$610k

Thames signed a minor league contract with the Braves, Goins with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Juan Lagares with the Indians.

Contract Extensions:
March 9th – The Chicago White Sox and their star LHSP Chris Sale(26, 4/4.5*, 12-11 3.71 242K 5.2WAR) agreed to a 6y/$200M contract extension.

Trade News:
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Transactions:
December 25th – AAA 2B Brad Finkbeiner(24, 2.5/3*, .315-18-86 .864OPS 1.6WAR), AAA 1B Ricardo Camacho(26, 2.5*, .361-21-79 .993OPS 3.4WAR), AAA CF Ian Dellaripa(22, 2.5/3*, .340-24-103 .982OPS 4.2WAR), AAA RHSP Lucas Giolito(21, 2.5*, 13-6 2.74 153K 4.5WAR), AAA RHCL Roberto Osuna(20, 2.5/4*, 2-7 18SV 4.28 48K 0.5WAR), AA LHRP Ryan Borucki(21, 2/3*, 3-3 3.86 33K 1.1WAR) and AA RHRP Miguel Castro(21, 2/3*, 5-3 3.18 67K 0.8WAR 41G) were placed on the 40-man to protect them for the Rule 5 Draft.

December 26th – The Tampa Bay Rays selected RHSP Chase de Jong(21, 2*, 5-1 3.78 36K -0.1WAR 50IP 17G) from our AAA team. We’ll live.

January 20th – We blew our whole international budget of $4.04M to sign CF Jorge Calvillo(17, 0.5/5*), rated 75/85/50/75/65 hitting potential with 80 speed, 70 stealing aggressiveness, 60 stealing ability, 65 baserunning and 60 defense in left field.
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