MLB's deal and signing is still in full swing, with the Blue Jays signing Yusa Kikuchi for three years and Joe Kelly joining the White Sox for $17 million in two years. Other smaller players are José Iglesias going to the Rockies for 5 million a year, the Orioles signing Robinson Chirinos for 1.75 million a year, the Angels signing Back to Kiyoshi Suzuki for 1.75 million a year, the Nationals signing Steven Sishek for 1.75 million a year, the Philadelphia people about Phamilia a year, and the Astros signing Nick Gudrum for 2.1 million a year.
There were also several important deals, including the Mets sending a package led by JT-Kim in exchange for Chris Basit, and the Twins sending Mickey Garville to get the super tool Man Kina Farefa.
Kikuchi was able to qualify as a free agent mainly due to the Mariners abandoning the team option, and his previous contract with the Mariners was complicated, with team options mixed with player options. In short, his current contract is still far from the original team options, and the original Mariners had his four-year, about 66 million or so team options.
Last season, Kikuchi's pre-game ERA was 3.48, winning six, and he was also the mariners' only Star Game player, but after the Star Game he began to decline, with the 13-game ERA soaring to 5.98, and the last four games did not shoot three innings.
In the mariners' three years, Kikuchi's 70 games with a 4.97 lead rate and a record of only 15 wins and 24 losses, like a mid-league late-stage rotation, for such a Kikuchi to send a three-year contract, we have reason to doubt whether he can finish in the end.
In addition, as an extreme flying ball type left shot, the most important thing in the American League East Is the right heavy artillery, from Aaron Jachey to Giancarlo Stanton, from JD Martinez to Tre Mansini, it is foreseeable that Kikuchi will not have a good time next season.
At present, the white sox cowshed can be said to be luxurious, and the star level is Kelly, Liam Hendricks, Craig Kimbrell and Kendall Graveman, all of whom have at least a small annual salary of 10 million, and the last team to spend so much money on the cowshed was the Loki.
Kelly this player also does not need to be introduced, his koi attributes are full, from the Red Sox to the Dodgers, he has won the championship, unlike Kimbreyle, who can only close the door, Kelly's plug-and-play is very suitable for the current white Sox, from the sixth inning to the extended round he can be competent, and even can shoot fake starters.
In terms of statistics, although his SELF-TIME score rate in the First Year of the Dodgers was as high as 4.56, in the last two seasons, his 54.0 innings of the pitching ERA was only 2.67, and he got 16 relay points and two rescues, and only one rescue failure has not been lost.
Dodger signed him to a three-year, $25 million contract, and with a team option of 12 million in 2022 and a $4 million buyout, dodgers chose the latter.
Basitt's deal heralded the opening of the Athletic Supermarket, with Frankie Montas and Sean Manaia behind him, two cheap pitchers, and two Kanban fielders Matt Chapman and Matt Olsen.
In order to get Basit, the Mets sent out what is arguably the best pitcher on the farm, JT-Kim, who was selected in the first round of 2018 and went to college because he signed Kim, which shows his strength. Falling to the second round two years later was purely because he had surgery to replace the elbow ligament.
Basist is characterized by cheap and easy to use, his salary is only about 8.8 million, but there is only one year of control left, so the Met is still a bit of a loss. Currently, the Mets' five-man rotation is Max Shezel, Jacob de Grom, Tajuan Walker, Carlos Carrasco and Basit, thrown to any team.
(Text/Geng Haoyang)