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Two years ago, I looked at the performance of the Shapiro/Atkins front office after three years in charge, a time when the Blue Jays were at the trough of a rebuild and they bore the weight of the disenchantment. Now on the other side, coming off a postseason appearance of sorts and things broadly looking up, I thought the end of the year was a good to update/repeat the exercise at the five year mark with more information and data now available.
In this first post, we’ll revisit the free agent signings they’ve made. For these purposes, I’m looking at signings in terms of pure exchanges of value, not the broader context. As before, I’ll circle back to the broader strategic considerations of how resources were deployed at the end.
Originally posted on MLB Trade Rumors | By Anthony Franco | Last updated 12/25/20
The Rangers are in agreement with right-hander Kohei Arihara, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). It’s a two-year contract in the $6-7M range, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (via Twitter).
Arihara, 28, has spent the past six seasons with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. In 836 career innings at Japan’s highest level, Arihara compiled a 3.74 ERA with 6.7 K/9 against 2.1 BB/9. He has been especially productive over the past two years. Arihara posted a minuscule 2.46 ERA with a career-best 8.8 K/9 in 2019. This past season, he managed a 3.46 mark with 7.2 K/9 across 132.2 innings.
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It’s been a slow-moving market for all of the game’s top free agents, but ESPN’s Jeff Passan shines some light on where things stand with
George Springer, reporting that the Blue Jays and Mets are generally viewed as the two strongest possibilities for the longtime Astros slugger.
Newly hired Mets general manager Jared Porter plainly acknowledged in an appearance on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM last week that Springer is “going to be part of the process” as they evaluate options on the high end of both the free-agent and trade markets (Twitter link, with audio). As one would expect, Porter didn’t tip his hand as to anything more specific, but MLB.com’s Jon Morosi did write recently that the Mets are “focused” on Springer at the moment.
Six weeks ago on the eve of the offseason,
I broke down the 40-man roster with a view towards the 2021 season. Since then, there have been four calendar milestones that drive roster transactions:
Post-
November 20th deadline to add prospects to 40-man
December 2nd tender deadline
Winter Meetings (such as they are) / Rule 5 Draft
While that last category was a dud and activity and the hot stove has been anything but with minimal league wide activity, there has nonetheless been a moderate amount of transactions resulting in a total of eight additions and 10 players removed (with Robbie Ray on both sides of the ledger). With the major calendar events wrapped up, let’s take stock of where the roster stands, with it breaking down as such: