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2016/17 Offseason Roundup
Free Agent Signings:
Detroit Tigers RF Giancarlo Stanton(27, 3.5*, .291-39-142 .917OPS 6.1WAR) – 7y/$220.5M – 4x All-Star, 2x Gold Glover, 3x Silver Slugger
Houston Astros LHSP Alex Vega(23, 5*) – 6y/$193.3M
Los Angeles Angels RHSP Jordan Zimmerman(30, 4*, 15-6 2.14 200K 7.2WAR 33GS) – 6y/$159.6M – 4x All-Star
Chicago Cubs 2B Matt Kemp(26, 3.5*, .315-19-74 .839OPS 25/32SB 2.4WAR ex-HOU) 6y/$127.8M – 3x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger
Oakland Athletics LF Matt Kemp(32, 3*, .257-27-82 .776OPS 2.3WAR with LAD) 5y/$94M – 3x All-Star, 3x Gold Glover, 2x Silver Slugger
Philadelphia Phillies RHRP Kenley Jansen(29, 4*, 4-6 27SV 2.72 79K 1.9WAR) – 4y/$80M – 5x All-Star, 1x Reliever of the Year
Former Toronto Blue Jays:
Milwaukee Brewers SP Chris Archer(28, 2.5/3*, 3-3 4.02 68K 1.0WAR) – out with torn UCL 5 months
Contract Extensions:
Atlanta Braves SP Kris Medlen(31, 3.5*, 16-5 3.33 162K 3.9WAR 32GS) 6y/$170.4M – 3x All-Star
Trade News:
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Transactions:
December 26th – Prior to the Rule 5 draft, C Bobby Cary(20, 3/5*, .307-16-82 .872OPS 3.0WAR AAA) and CF Jake Harris(22, 2.5/3*, .356-9-83 .941OPS 4.8WAR AA) were placed on the 40-man.
December 26th – RHSP Joe Musgrove(24, 2.5*, 0-1 6.38 22K 0.3WAR AAA) left via the Rule 5 draft to the Kansas City Royals and LF Danny Hernandez(21, 2/3*, .320-14-81 .872OPS 2.6WAR) left via the Rule 5 draft to the Cincinnati Reds.
January 14th – The Toronto Blue Jays were able to sign RHRP Karno Kartosuwiryo(18, 1.5/2.5*) on a minor league contract. The 17th rounder in 2016 was released by the Minnesota Twins earlier this year.
January 20th – The Toronto Blue Jays announced the signing of 16-year old Venezuelan IF Aleixo Neves(16, 1.5/5*), a 55/75/80/80/50 hitter with a 55 defensive potential at second base. They paid the maximum of $3.34M for the international amateur free agent.
April 1st – Prior to Opening Day, LF Anthony Gose(26, 2*) and RF Avsail Garcia(25, 2/2.5*) were waived and DFA’ed as they were out of options.
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