The last couple of years the Winter Meetings have been kind of a snooze fest, but this year didn’t disappoint. Three huge signing in Strasburg, Cole and Rendon and a lot of other smaller signings. There weren’t any significant trades just a couple smalls ones and of course a lot of juicy rumors that probably won’t happen but gives the fans something to talk about. Enjoy the rest of the holidays and I hope your teams does exactly what you want.
NEWS
The 2020 Winter Meetings will be held in Dallas, 2021 will be in Nashville and in 2022 they will be back in San Diego.
Today was the Rule 5 Draft and there were a couple of more notable names. Marlins took RHP Sterling Sharpe (Nationals #13 prospect), Red Sox took SS Jonathan Arauz (Astros #25 prospect) and the Cubs took RHP Brock Stewart (pitched for the Dodgers from 2016-18).
TRANSACTIONS
The Mets have signed RHP Rick Porcello to a 1 year/$10 million contract.
The Yankees have re-signed OF Brett Gardner to a 1 year/$10 million contract plus a club option for 2021.
The Tigers have signed C Austin Romine to a 1 year/$4.15 million contract.
The A’s have acquired OF prospect Buddy Reed (Padres #2 prospect) from the Padres to complete the Jurickson Profar trade.
The Red Sox signed INF Jose Peraza to a 1 year/$3 million contract plus incentives.
The Red Sox have signed LHP Martin Perez to a 1 year/$6 million contract with a club option for 2021.
RUMORS
The Rangers and Reds are showing continued interest in OF Nicholas Castellanos.
The Dodgers have been among the most aggressive on RHP Dellin Betances.
The Cardinals met this week with the reps for LHP’s Hyun-Jin Ryu and Dallas Keuchel.
Multiple clubs are showing interest in Mariners 3B Kyle Seager.
The Rangers RHP Jose Leclerc is generating a lot of interest from other clubs.