Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Cubs beat Dodgers to a free agent! Happy Wednesday. Shota Imanaga Cubs deal is complicated and includes player/team options and escalators that could boost it to way up to $80M. Guarantee suggested to be somewhere around $30M for two years by @JimBowdenGM @jonmorosi 1st said $15M/year …
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Signing Shota Imanaga would not have been without risk. But that’s true of literally every baseball player. There are plenty of reasons why it made sense to pass on Shota Imanaga, even at the surprisingly low number he ended up agreeing to when he signed with the Chicago Cubs. Before …
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Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Is this good or… Happy Friday. What a week. The Yankees have signed Marcus Stroman while reportedly Blake Snell turned down their offer for being light on years or dollars or maybe both. Will Snell get desperate and sign for less to hit free agency as the top dog …
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Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images What’s next? Happy Thursday. Well, it looks like the Red Sox got their guy: Giolito says Red Sox were “one of if not the first team to reach out and show interest” in free agency. — Alex Speier (@alexspeier) January 3, 2024 And they don’t necessarily need an …
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Emoji Lookout Eyes Galore They say there’s nothing new under the sun, but now we know that’s not true. We’ve not only seen Shohei Ohtani sign the biggest contract in the history of sports, but then also defer a mind-boggling amount of it to play for a mere …
Photo by Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Jake, Keaton, and Bob reminisce about the life of Tim Wakefield and the managerial career of Terry Francona, before attempting to fix the starting rotation from top to bottom in 2024. Welcome back to The Red Seat Podcast, episode number 298. This week, Jake Devereaux, Keaton …