6:55pm: MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reports the finances for the free agent deals (on X). Hudson will make $1.5MM and can earn another $1.5MM in incentives. Stallings is guaranteed $2MM, taking the form of a $1.5MM salary next year and a $500K buyout on a 2025 mutual option. 2:24pm: The Rockies are planning to announce one-year deals with right-hander Dakota Hudson and catcher … [Read more...] about Rockies Sign Dakota Hudson, Jacob Stallings
Managers & Top Front Office Executives On Expiring Contracts
On paper, a longer contract equals a larger amount of job security. And yet every year, we seem to be adding a longer list of caveats to this annual post detailing which managers and front office bosses (a GM, president of baseball operations, chief baseball officer, or whatever the title may be) are entering the final guaranteed year of their contracts. First off, this list … [Read more...] about Managers & Top Front Office Executives On Expiring Contracts
KBO’s Samsung Lions Sign Connor Seabold
The Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization announced Friday that they’ve signed former Red Sox and Rockies right-hander Connor Seabold. The Beverly Hills Sports Council client will be guaranteed $900K with another $100K available to him via incentives, per Jee-ho Yoo of South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. Seabold, 27, was a third-round pick of the Phillies back in 2017 … [Read more...] about KBO’s Samsung Lions Sign Connor Seabold
Rockies, Ty Blach Agree To Minor League Contract
The Rockies are re-signing lefty Ty Blach to a minor league contract with a Spring Training invitation, reports MLBTR’s Steve Adams (on X). Blach turned down an opportunity in the Korea Baseball Organization to return for a third year with Colorado. Geography surely plays a role in that decision, as Blach is a Denver native. He’s clearly comfortable with the Rox, as this marks … [Read more...] about Rockies, Ty Blach Agree To Minor League Contract
Rockies, Chance Adams Agree To Minor League Deal
The Rockies have re-signed righty Chance Adams to a minor league deal and invited him to big league camp this spring, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post. He’d earn at a $740K rate in the Majors. Adams, 29, once ranked among the best pitching prospects in the sport but hasn’t yet found any success in the big leagues. The 2015 fifth-rounder has totaled 41 2/3 MLB frames, … [Read more...] about Rockies, Chance Adams Agree To Minor League Deal