Add depth free agents on inexpensive contracts. The Bills made a big splash by trading for Moore, and though more moves will come, some of the most important will be in identifying veterans who will sign team-friendly deals. It's a formula the team has used to find eventual starters in the past.
Yesterday, the baseball world was rocked when MLBPA chief Tony Clark abruptly resigned from his position atop the union amid a scandal involving an "inappropriate relationship" with his sister-in-law, whom he hired to work for the union back in 2023. Clark's departure comes less than a year before the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement on Dec. 1. Rather than go through a lengthy search for a new executive director, there have been indications that the players will look to find a temporary replacement
The Patriots' decision to give Milton Williams the largest contract in franchise history has quickly paid off. Williams has proven to be worth the four-year, $104 million deal that includes $63 million in guaranteed money as the defensive tackle has been one of the Patriots' top players in their run to Super Bowl LX. He has two sacks this postseason to go with nine pressures, per Next Gen Stats.
1995 - The Braves trade Kent Mercker to the Orioles in exchange for Joe Borowski and Rachaad Stewart. Merker spent the first seven years of his career with the Braves where he went 31-25 with a 3.49 ERA in 515 ⅔ innings. He appeared in 14 games for the Orioles in 1996 before they sent him to Cleveland in exchange for future Hall of Fame first baseman Eddie Murray.
2007 - Andruw Jones leaves the Braves for a two-year, $36 million deal with the Dodgers. Jones will hit .158 with just three home runs and will be released at the end of the season. 1914 - An indoor baseball game is played in Chicago to raise money for the family of recently deceased Cubs third baseman Jim Doyle. 1937 - Ford Frick was reelected as President of the National League for a three-year term.
