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Fleming has worked in a multi-inning role for the most part while with the Pirates, but hasn’t gone more than four innings in any of his outings. That makes him a risky proposition as a streamer, and the risk doesn’t outweigh the reward.

Because he gave up eight homers, Hughes had an 8.15 ERA in 17 2/3 innings for Arizona last season. He was far more successful in a tough environment at Triple-A Reno, posting a 2.03 ERA in 48 2/3 innings. He’ll compete for a spot in some team’s pen next spring.

Logue belongs on a minor league contract, but Honeywell seemed like a guy who might fit into the Dodgers pen next year after a nice finish with the team last season (2.62 ERA in 34 1/3 innings). Perhaps he’ll stay on a non-roster deal, but he should draw some interest.

The 32-year-old hurler had a very rough season overall in 2024, but he was considerably better during his time with the Yankees — posting a 4.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and a 12/3 K/BB ratio over 18 innings of work. The Yankees didn’t believe that was enough to justify a raise to $4 million though, which is what he was projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn through arbitration. Mayza is now free to peddle his wares on the open market.

Ynoa served as valuable rotation depth for the Braves during the 2023 season, but he was knocked around in each of his two starts at the big-league level in 2024. He was only projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn $825,000 via arbitration, so the Braves must think that they have better depth options already and considered Ynoa to be expendable.

The Braves just claimed the 23-year-old hurler off of waivers from the Athletics a couple of weeks ago — after they previously dealt him to the A’s in the Sean Murphy trade. Don’t be surprised if this is more of a procedural move to sneak him through waivers and the Braves ultimately re-sign him to a minor league contract.

Teng had already been DFA’d, so that was obviously coming. Small, who was acquired from Milwaukee in February, missed most of the season with an oblique strain. He still might become a useful bullpen piece at some point.

The 30-year-old southpaw underwent season-ending elbow surgery to repair his UCL at the end of June and is expected to miss most — if not all — of the 2025 season. He could be an interesting option for a contending team on an incentive-laden two-year deal this winter.

The Braves have been known to cycle through — and then recycle — outfielder over the past few seasons, so just because Laureano is getting the boot now doesn’t mean he won’t resurface again with the Braves at some point. The 30-year-old hit .296/.327/.505 with 10 homers, 29 RBI and five stolen bases in 226 plate appearances with the Braves in 2024. He shouldn’t have a problem finding work on the open market.

There was more than one team interested in Cruz when the Pirates got him from the Marlins at the deadline, but no team was looking to trade for him now after he hit just .200/.220/.294 in 44 games for Pittsburgh. There’s still some promise in De La Cruz’s bat, but through 475 major league games, he’s sporting a 90 OPS+, and he’s a bit of a liability in an outfield corner. If he wants to remain a starter, it’ll probably have to be with a non-contender. The Pirates still have Jack Suwinski as an option, but they will surely be in the market for someone to join Bryan Reynolds and Oneil Cruz in their outfield.

The 28-year-old hurler was just acquired from the Angels for Jorge Soler at the end of October, but he gets jettisoned from the roster before he even has a chance to throw a pitch in a Braves’ uniform. Canning had been projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to earn $5.1 million via arbitration, so that certainly played into their decision making. There’s always a possibility that they could attempt to bring him back at a lower rate, though Canning is likely seeing more of a sure thing in terms of landing a spot in a starting rotation.