The Padres are planning to decline their $3MM club option on Mitch Moreland, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan (Twitter link). The veteran first baseman will instead receive a $500K buyout and hit free agency.
More to come.
Some notes from the American League:
The Rangers reinstated a trio of players from the 60-day injured list this afternoon, per a team announcement. Right-hander José Leclerc and left-handers Brock Burke and Joe Palumbo are all back on the 40-man roster, bringing Texas’ tally to…
Of the many names interviewed for the Red Sox managerial vacancy, the field seems to have been narrowed to five. MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (Twitter link) reports that the finalists are former Red Sox manager Alex Cora, Marlins bench coach James Rowson,…
The Dodgers have outrighted outfielder Terrance Gore to Triple-A, according to the MLB.com transactions page. This is the second time Gore has been removed from the 40-man roster this season, having previously been outrighted back in August.
Gore signed a minor league…
The Diamondbacks have exercised their $4.25MM club option on right-hander Merrill Kelly for the 2021 season, as per a team press release. Kelly and fellow right-handers Corbin Martin and Jeremy Beasley were all reinstated from the injured list and placed on Arizona’s…
After several weeks of little news about the Angels’ search for a new general manager, several names have emerged as candidate for the position. Four new names join that already lengthy list, as Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register reports that…
The Orioles announced that they have exercised their $3.5MM club option on Jose Iglesias’ services for the 2021 season. (MASNsports.com’s Roch Kubatko broke the news via Twitter earlier this morning.) It was a $3MM decision for Baltimore, as the shortstop would have…
As expected, J.D. Martinez will not enact the opt-out clause in his contract with the Red Sox, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reports (Twitter link). Martinez’s five-year, $110MM deal signed in February 2018 contained opt-outs after both last season and this season, and…
Kolten Wong officially became a free agent earlier this week when the Cardinals declined their $12.5MM club option on the second baseman, and it hasn’t taken long for the former Gold Glover to draw attention. Multiple teams have already been in contact…
Last winter, the Pirates and Josh Bell discussed an extension to keep the hulking first baseman in Pittsburgh long-term, but nothing actionable materialized. Management plans to try again this winter, per the Athletic’s Rob Biertempfel. Bell is represented by Scott Boras, and…