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After declining a one-year, $18.9 million dollar qualifying offer from the Cincinnati Reds, Trevor Bauer is set to be a free agent in search of a big payday. Bauer chose the perfect time to have a career year, as the likely NL Cy Young award winner put up an outstanding 1.73 ERA (2nd best in the MLB) to go along with 100 strikeouts (3rd in MLB), and a ridiculous 0.795 WHIP (2nd … [Read more...] about Five Possible Landing Spots For Trevor Bauer

Cincinnati Reds Sign Pedro Strop to a One-Year Deal The Cincinnati Reds have been searching far and wide for signings during the MLB offseason. It was only a few days ago that the team brought Nicholas Castellanos on board, while at the beginning of January, Shogo Akiyama signed with the club as its first Japanese player. Yet, the rumor mill had been circulating for several … [Read more...] about Cincinnati Reds Sign Pedro Strop to a One-Year Deal

The free agent class of 2021 features prominent names at the shortstop position. Corey Seager, Javier Baez, Francisco Lindor, Carlos Correa, and Trevor Story are likely to be sought after by any team that can afford them. Although names of that caliber are not available in 2020, Andrelton Simmons, Didi Gregorius, and Marcus Semien still create a strong market of … [Read more...] about Potential Destinations for Andrelton Simmons

Free agency changed the very fabric of baseball more than forty years ago. The champions of that battle, Curt Flood and Marvin Miller are ever-fading memories to those of us old enough to remember it. Younger fans are lucky to know anything about it all. But all fans know free agency as a fixture of the game’s reality. And with it come mechanisms unique to the process. … [Read more...] about MLB Free Agency: The Walk Year