Happy Wednesday.
Over the Monster has covered the Big Signing here and here.
Literally everything else aside, the dude signed on January 31 for the 2024 season before turning in a season where the Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t even flip him at the deadline. There shouldn’t be urgency even if he was in the 2025 bullpen plan.
The Red Sox are still in the Soto Sweepstakes with bidding now over $600 million.
This new round is described as “eliminating” teams but it doesn’t sound like and of the rumored teams didn’t fail to make a $600 million offer anyway?