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Just saw a tweet about an OF signing, too. I'm guessing there won't be any international money leftover to trade if anyone was holding out hope there.

#2 behind Baltimore.

I'm really hoping JR Ritchie makes the jump this year. He was so good before TJ and had a solid bounce back last year when he was cleared to pitch. I read the velocity was still down a tick last year, so hopefully a normal offseason will spring board him into a huge 2025. He's probably our best...

Unfortunately he can drag it out to the 23rd.

Looks like there’s also a video somewhere of him throwing a flat ground in Toronto. https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1878845935570297311?s=46&t=t7xpFDjlFYkGV6nUElb0dA

Would be really interested in what Cease would cost with just a year of control.

More Bowman: "Another source said the Braves’ deal with Hoffman would have been a five-year deal worth $45-48 million. The right-hander could have been given a chance to start before spending his final years of the deal as a reliever."

I really don't think Hoffman was involved in any way with what that guy on Twitter said. He kept talking about two and it seemed like most agreed the two he was talking about were Verlander and Scott, who was the 9.5. So it comes down to the timeline here. Was Hoffman before all that, or did...

He actually just said Hoffman wasn't one of the guys he was talking about. I think it's been pretty clear since the start of this whole mess that the 9.5 guy is Scott.

Bowman with our explanation on not signing Hoffman: Per a source, Jeff Hoffman had a potential deal that was nixed when he failed a physical with the Braves’ medical staff. Hoffman also reportedly failed a physical with the Orioles before signing with the Blue Jays

Apparently Hoffman had a 3/40 deal with Baltimore, but the Orioles backed out because of his medicals. Makes me feel a little better about us not getting him.

Jeff Hoffman gets 3/33 from the Blue Jays. They say he’ll pitch in their bullpen. I would’ve done that.

They picked the Contreras move.

I thought the owners actually pushed for a draft during the last CBA negotiations and offered to get rid of the qualifying offer? The MLBPA turned the draft down, and the QO stayed.

I only believe this if you have a Twitter account and blog that needs readers.

Man, I hadn’t seen that. I definitely would’ve moved Baldwin in a Crochet deal, but I’m a big Crochet fan so maybe I’m alone there.

Can’t believe we’re still having Bauer debates. Please do something, AA.

That’s the good news. The bad news? He’s a Boras client.

I'm wondering if Flaherty could be the one who doesn't have a natural landing spot that falls into our lap. Really not much smoke about him at all out there. The Giants seemed like a natural fit, but if they sign Burnes as rumored, he doesn't have an obvious landing spot. No QO to deal with...

Pittsburgh newspaper’s Pirates beat writer: The Post-Gazette learned Monday the Pirates were open to the idea of trading Mitch Keller. A day later, a league source said Jared Jones was also “very available.”