#free-agency

#free-agency

According to a report from hockey insider Frank Seravalli, the Wild had an 8-year, $128 million extension offer turned down by Kaprizov on Tuesday. The proposed contract would have made the 28-year-old Russian the highest-paid player in NHL history. Sources say #mnwild superstar Kirill Kaprizov's camp turned down an extension offer believed to be 8-years, $128 million in a meeting on Tuesday in Minnesota that would have made him the highest-paid player in #NHL history in both AAV ($16 million) and total dollars. - Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) September 10, 2025

After being largely overshadowed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto when he was posted for MLB clubs during the 2023-24 offseason, southpaw Shota Imanaga landed with the Cubs on a deal that has worked out well for Chicago so far. Imanaga was an All-Star and the fifth-place finisher in NL Cy Young voting during his first season, and this year he's chipped in a strong 3.21 ERA across his 22 starts.

Prior to the 2025 MLB season, the Toronto Blue Jays signed three-time Cy Young award winner Max Scherzer to a one-year contract. With his experience, it seemed like a quality signing for the Blue Jays to add to the rotation. Scherzer's 2025 season has had some struggles, dealing with injuries and rough starts. However, a steady July and August helped the Blue Jays to keep their AL East Division lead. At 41 years old, Scherzer turned into a quality starter on the Blue Jays roster.

The Patriots' ownership finally made a sound decision when they hired Mike Vrabel to be the Head Coach and oversee the entire football operation. Whilst it was a year late, they couldn't have made a better choice. Vrabel is a great coach and a top personnel evaluator. He took charge and set about to remodel a lackluster roster as well as anyone can in one offseason.

Right now, the Blue Jays would be crazy not to give Bichette an above market deal to bring him back for the long haul, but the closer they get to the end of the season without a contract extension, the closer Blue Jays fans have to get with the reality that Bo could have 29 other suitors lining up for his services.

The Mets don't expect Jesse Winker to return this season, manager Carlos Mendoza tells reporters (including Mike Puma of The New York Post). Winker has been sidelined since the middle of July with a lower back injury. He began a rehab assignment last week but has been shut back down from baseball activity, suggesting he suffered some kind of setback.

The Orioles announced that right-hander Cody Poteet, who was outrighted off the roster a couple of days ago, has elected free agency instead of accepting the assignment.

That first season when he came over from the Blazers had me 100% sold on the Gary Trent Jr. stocks, and I was passionate enough to tell everybody about it. But I slowly realized, and I think the Raptors organization did too, that Trent Jr. wasn't quite going to be the continuous developmental piece that was initially hoped. Trent might have hit his ceiling as a spark plug, but largely streaky shooter,

During a Bleacher Report broadcast, NHL insider Frank Seravalli didn't want to completely waive off the notion that the Maple Leafs could still land free agent center Jack Roslovic. The player and team were heavily linked when the Leafs were trying to fill some holes at the forward position, and after making some moves, the main thought was that they would be done until training camp.

Ureña, 33, is a well-known commodity at this point in his career. He throws hard but doesn't get a ton of strikeouts. He will keep the ball both in the strike zone and on the ground at a decent clip. The results won't be astounding but he can take the ball and eat some innings. He hasn't had a stint on the injured list longer than a couple of weeks since 2021.

Once they started signing everybody else, they pushed me down, and I can see it,

"Not sure where that stuff comes from, but I don't think he was ever thinking of leaving ahead of time," Nylander said via NHL.com. "I actually asked him during the season and he said he was concentrating on Toronto. I didn't want to press him on that and let him be because it was obviously on his mind, but his play was focused on helping us. Then I asked him after the season and he wasn't sure."

The 30-year-old holds a $30.1 million player option next summer. If he declines it, he enters unrestricted free agency, and hands Miami a bunch of cap space. If he picks it up, he arms the Heat with a sizable expiring contract to flip in trades. That's merely the gist of Wiggins' influence. It goes much deeper, particularly when you're looking at when Miami might try to land a superstar.

Allen's brief stay with Baltimore ended after he declined a minor league assignment, opting for free agency instead. He went 0-14 in seven MLB appearances.

Corey Julks, having cleared waivers, has been sent outright to Triple-A Charlotte after being designated for assignment by the White Sox. With a .236 batting average in the majors, he has shown potential in the minors.

Shaun Anderson has cleared waivers and elected free agency after being designated for assignment by the Angels. He has a previous career outright and opted out.

Quickley’s admittance into the Toronto trade discussions brought expectations, as he was perceived as a potential successor for the Raptors' point guard role post-Lowry and VanVleet.

"Went down and threw to a couple kids who coached me, a couple hitters, threw to Josh, a kid from Corona High. Stuff wasn't as sharp as I wanted it to be, but it was my first time wearing cleats in nine months maybe. I was 94 (mph), had a 95, but I think I need to face hitters a few more times."

Keenan Allen, a former franchise star, rejoins the Chargers to strengthen their receivers unit after his productive season with the Bears despite not being re-signed.

Bill Zito has re-signed key players Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand, and Aaron Ekblad to significant contracts, ensuring the Florida Panthers maintain their championship core while adding depth.