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Why the Dodgers Are Mostly Sitting Out the Free Agent Frenzy

The superteam with seemingly infinite resources has been noticeably absent from the hottest market in years. What gives?

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Marcus Hayes: With Taijuan Walker, Phillies are ready for possible exits of Rhys Hoskins and Aaron Nola

PHILADELPHIA — Dave Dombrowski’s first responsibility is to win the next World Series. His second is to win the ones that follow. His third is to stay within a reasonable budget.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bill Madden: Mets, Yankees spreading holiday joy in Big Apple with free-spending offseason

NEW YORK — When the dust began settling on what had been the wildest two weeks of spending in baseball history, Steve Cohen had emerged with a payroll of over $340 million and Hal Steinbrenner had shelled out $522 million on two players alone in Aaron Judge and Carlos Rodon.

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Michael Cunningham: If Braves don’t retain Dansby Swanson it won’t be because they can’t afford it

ATLANTA — The Phillies raised eyebrows when they signed Bryce Harper to a 13-year contract for $330 million. Harper was voted National League MVP at 22 years old and still was in his prime, but what about later? The Phillies are on the hook to pay Harper $288 million after…

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David Murphy: Phillies have raised their floor in free agency. Their ceiling will depend on three familiar faces.

PHILADELPHIA — A lot of scouting directors will roll their eyes when you talk about Top 100 prospects. There’s a good reason for that. Back when Baseball America first popularized the genre, an organization could mostly take pride whenever one of its minor league hopefuls earned national accolades. It was…

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Then there was 1: What Dansby Swanson’s free agency means for the Cubs’ offseason

Carlos Correa agreeing to a record-setting deal with the Giants made Swanson the last of the Big 4 free agent shortstops left on the market.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dodgers Reach One-Year Agreement With Noah Syndergaard, per Report

The veteran right-hander went 10-10 with a 3.94 ERA with the Angels and Phillies in 2022.

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What We’re Hearing After the Carlos Correa Signing

Here’s what his deal with the Giants means for Dansby Swanson and MLB free agency.

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Carlos Correa Is Exactly Who the Giants Needed

Missing out on Aaron Judge could end up being a blessing for San Francisco.

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Broken heart mended as Zach Eflin finally joins Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Zach Eflin had hoped for a long time to be a Ray.

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Former Phillies ace, Whiz Kid Curt Simmons dead at 93

One of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, the lefty posted a record of 115-110 with 109 complete games, 18 shutouts and a 3.66 ERA in 325 games (263 starts) in 13 seasons with the team.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB’s Top 25 Free Agents Still Available, With Signing Predictions

After a flurry of huge signings this month, here is an updated list of the best remaining players on the market.

Sports Illustrated

Derrick Goold: As costs soar, Cardinals must enter race for arms to fill wide-open 2024 rotation

With a major free agent signing that answers a few of the Cardinals’ looming questions this winter, the biggest of which was who their everyday catcher would be in 2023, the club must turn a prudent eye to the horizon and the rising unknown that’s about to be glaring.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bill Madden: It’s contract madness from MLB owners at winter meetings in ‘age of irrationality’

NEW YORK — Sometime around the midpoint of the baseball owners’ nearly two billion dollar spending spree at the winter meetings in San Diego this week, Billy Eppler got off the phone in the Mets war room and announced to his troops that the earth had just shifted.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

David Murphy: Trea Turner is the latest tribute to John Middleton’s desire to win

PHILADELPHIA — Trea Turner owned the stage, but the venue belonged to the man wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a brown blazer with elbow patches. John Middleton went out of his way to make this something other than his day. But that’s what it was.

Sports Illustrated

Willson Contreras Pushes Cardinals Closer to World Series Contention

A few hours after Aaron Judge re-signed with the Yankees on Wednesday morning, and before A.J. Preller added Xander Bogaerts at the end of the night in his latest push to field an entire roster of shortstops, the Cardinals agreed to a five-year, $87.5 million contract with ...

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs leave winter meetings happy with signings, still active on market

Only two free-agent shortstops remain among this winter’s Four.

Sports Illustrated

The Mets Just Keep on Spending—but They Shouldn’t Be Done Yet

New York re-signed Brandon Nimmo and grabbed David Robertson off the open market, and it could still do more.

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The Phillies won over their ‘No. 1 target’ Trea Turner without offering him the most money

Last month — nobody seems to recall the exact date, but it was between the end of the World Series and Thanksgiving — Dave Dombrowski, Sam Fuld, and Rob Thomson flew to Florida, sat down at Trea and Kristen Turner’s dinner table, and talked.

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Phillies dominated the winter meetings, and showed they plan on more Red Octobers

SAN DIEGO — As Dave Dombrowski packed his garment bag Wednesday and checked out of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, he might have considered borrowing a line from Michael Corleone near the end of The Godfather.

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David Murphy: Breaking down the Phillies’ signings of Taijuan Walker and Matt Strahm, and what they do next

Those annoying dinging sounds that you hear are the push alerts from John Middleton’s online banking apps. Two more transactions have gone through. Taijuan Walker, Matt Strahm ... welcome to the club, and stay tuned.

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Judge’s New Contract Ranks Third in MLB

With Wednesday’s contract news, here’s where the slugger ranks in the league.

Tribune News Service

Michael Cunningham: Mets, Phillies spend big. Will Braves do same for Dansby Swanson?

The Phillies committed $300 million to shortstop Trea Turner. The Mets are set to splurge on ace pitcher Justin Verlander. Meanwhile, the Braves have signed no free agents of note while their top priority, shortstop Dansby Swanson, remains on the market.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘These are the guys we want, so go get them’: How owner John Middleton pushed the Phillies to land Trea Turner

SAN DIEGO — Four years ago, John Middleton gassed up his private jet — the white Bombardier Challenger with a Phillies “P” on the tail — and flew to Las Vegas twice to meet with Bryce Harper and help close the largest deal in franchise history.

Sports Illustrated

Phillies, Taijuan Walker Agree to Four-Year Contract, per Report

The free-agent pitcher is reportedly headed to join the National League champs.

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