#free-agency

#free-agency

The Phillies have agreed to a one-year deal with free agent outfielder Adolis Garcia, reports Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com. It's still pending a physical. He'll earn a guaranteed $10MM on the contract, per the report. Garcia is represented by Octagon. Garcia was non-tendered by the Rangers last month. He'd been projected for a $12.1MM salary in 2026, his final year of arbitration, per MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz.

A couple of Toronto Blue Jays have taken to social media in an attempt to try and recruit a superstar to come north. First, Myles Straw sent Tucker a funny message about baby sitting his child, after Tucker and his wife announced they were expecting. Now, it's Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s turn to get the rumor mill rolling again after he posted on Tucker's feed a few days ago. The post, an emoji and not an actual message, was more than enough to cause some excitement.

Framber Valdez is a 32-year-old left-handed pitcher who signed as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic. He's spent his career with the Houston Astros, though he declined their qualifying offer to enter free agency.

The New England Patriots made some notable moves at wide receiver this past season that have transformed their team. Stefon Diggs was added on a three-year deal and has been an incredible addition, Mack Hollins has been excellent as a deep threat, and rookie Kyle Williams has made his impact felt with two touchdowns on only five catches this year.

The Winter Meetings have been over for a few days now, but we're still not past the typically refractory period that follows. Even though the annual summit isn't quite the same as it once was in terms of deals being consummated, agents and team execs are working around the clock at a frenzied pace for 3-4 days. It's like the requisite training/prep montage in any sports or battle movie, whether it's Rocky prepping for Drago or Dutch getting ready to face the Predator.

"It's almost like a slap in my face, bro," "I ain't gonna lie." "Did Philip Rivers send any type of sign that he was available?" "Why you asking me to do something that everybody else didn't do? I ain't no sucker. I ain't no lab rat. Come on, bro."

As the Red Sox look to add power to their lineup, they've talked internally about the possibility of signing Eugenio Suárez and held some talks with his camp, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports. The team's interest in Suárez is all the more notable with the market's top slugger, Kyle Schwarber, off the board on a five-year that'll keep in Philadelphia. The Red Sox were known to have interest in Schwarber.