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Ronny Simon

MIA 2nd Baseman #36

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Marlins signed INF Ronny Simon to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Simon, 24, will join Miami from the Tampa Bay organization. In 2024, the 24-year-old hit .283/.356/.429 with 20 stolen bases for Triple-A Durham. There’s not a ton of pop in his bat, but he can slash the baseball and run while also being able to play multiple positions. It’s not crazy to think he could make the Marlins with a strong showing in Jupiter.

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Yoan Moncada

FA 3rd Baseman #5

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The Angels are re-signing free agency Yoán Moncada to a one-year, $4 million contract, the New York Post’s Jon Heyman reports.

While his defense has declined after all of his injuries, Moncada showed a decent enough bat in 84 games for the Angels last season, hitting .234/.336/.448 in 289 plate appearances. Bringing him back might block Christian Moore in Anaheim, but it’s not like the Angels figure to have Moncada, Mike Trout, Jorge Soler and the rest of the gang healthy all at once very often.
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Source: Jon Heyman

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Beltrán, Jones elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

January 21, 2026 02:33 PM

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Aaron Nola

PHI Starting Pitcher #27

Aaron Nola will pitch for Team Italy in the WBC, Phillies manager Rob Thomson revealed Wednesday.

Nola surely could have been a part of Team USA’s rotation last WBC, but he wasn’t interested then after a long 2022 season that saw the Phillies go to the World Series. Now he’ll be pitching for an Italian team whose starters last time around were a soon-to-be-retired Matt Harvey, Ryan Castellani and Michele Vassalotti. There’s also been some talk about Chase Burns, who was born in Naples, being part of Italy’s staff this year, though the Reds probably aren’t going to want that to happen.

Source: Ty Daubert

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Ranger Suarez

BOS Starting Pitcher #55

Ranger Suárez will receive a $3 million signing bonus and a $7 million salary in 2026 under the terms of his five-year, $130 million deal with the Red Sox.

The backloaded contract will then pay Suárez $15 million in 2027, $30 million in both 2028 and ’29 and $35 million in 2030. There’s a $35 million mutual option for 2031 that includes a $10 million buyout. The structure saves the Red Sox quite a bit in the short term and also protects Suárez in the event of a lengthy lockout in 2027; he’d be losing far less then than his AAV of $26 million.

Source: Chris Cotillo

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Emmet Sheehan

LAD Starting Pitcher #80
Dodgers president Andrew Friedman said Wednesday that his team’s roster “feels pretty set” and that he doesn’t anticipate adding starting pitching.

That’s good news for Emmet Sheehan and Roki Sasaki, who would seem to be in the lead for the two spots behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow in the Dodgers rotation. The club also has Ben Casparius, Justin Wrobleski and Landon Knack as alternatives, as well as rehabbing righties River Ryan and Gavin Stone.
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Source: Fabian Ardaya

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Luis Garcia

NYM Relief Pitcher #66

Mets signed RHP Luis García to a one-year contract.

The deal is worth $1.75 million and includes $1.25 million in bonuses, says USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale. García, who is coming off his third stint with the Angels, will open his 14th big-league season with his eighth different club. He’s still throwing in the high-90s as he approaches his 39th birthday, and he had a 3.42 ERA, a 48/26 K/BB and a 50% groundball rate in 55 1/3 innings last year.

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Tsung-Che Cheng

NYM Shortstop #71

Mets designated INF Tsung-Che Cheng for assignment.

Chung’s third DFA of the winter comes nine days after the second, when the Rays put him on waivers to be claimed by the Mets. The former Pirates prospect is coming off a season in which he hit just .209/.307/.271 in Triple-A.

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Freddy Peralta

MIL Starting Pitcher #51

The Yankees are continuing to show interest in Freddy Peralta, sources tell The Athletic’s Chris Kirchner.

Would the Brewers want Jasson Domínguez, who could be available with Cody Bellinger back in New York? The Yankees also have major league starting pitching to part with in the form of Luis Gil, Will Warren or even the newly acquired Ryan Weathers. If the Brewers do decide to pull the trigger and deal their ace, this does seem like the most obvious trade fit.

Source: The Athletic

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Kyle Tucker

LAD Left Fielder #30
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Kyle Tucker batting “second or third seems to make the most sense.”

Roberts said he hasn’t made any final decisions. Second and third are the usual spots of Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman, respectively, which made us think Tucker might open up in the cleanup spot. If Tucker bats second, he’d presumably be followed by Betts and Freeman, but if Tucker bats third behind Betts, it might make sense to slide Freeman down to fifth to separate the lefty bats and use Will Smith in the cleanup spot.
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Yadier Molina

STL Front Office #4

Cardinals named Yadier Molina special assistant to the president of baseball operations.

We’re kind of confused by this, as Molina was already named a special assistant to the president of baseball operations for the Cardinals after the 2023 season. But apparently that arrangement quietly ended at some point. It’s back on now with Chaim Bloom having replaced John Mozeliak as the leader of the Cardinals’ front office. The 43-year-old Molina has made no secret of his desire to manage in the bigs someday. He will be at the helm for Team Puerto Rico in the WBC.

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Sean Manaea

NYM Starting Pitcher #59
Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said Wednesday that it’s still his intention to add a starting pitcher prior to the beginning of spring training.

David Peterson, Nolan McLean, Clay Holmes, Kodai Senga and Sean Manaea would seem to be the Mets’ rotation for the moment, with prospects Jonah Tong, Christian Scott, Brandon Sproat and journeyman Cooper Criswell in reserve. Depth is nice, but getting a true upgrade is going to be expensive. It’s already possible that one or two of those prospects are better than the team’s veterans.
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