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Soto among 13 free agents to receive $21.05 million qualifying offers. Cole staying with Yankees

Nov. 04, 2024 20:14 PM EST

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and Willy Adames were among 13 free agents who received $21.05 million qualifying offers on Monday. Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman and Max Fried also were given the one-year offer before Monday's deadline. Players have until 4 p.m. EST on Nov....

MLB Qualifying Offers List

Nov. 04, 2024 17:24 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The 13 free agents who received $21.05 million qualifying offers Monday. The players have until 4 p.m. EST on Nov. 19 to accept. AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (2) — Corbin Burnes, rhp; Anthony Santander, of. BOSTON (1) — Nick Pivetta,...

LA Dodgers spent big in free agency before winning big. The 2025 class might be even deeper

Nov. 03, 2024 13:05 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers spent big last offseason before winning big this postseason, taking home a World Series title after committing more than $1 billion on players like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Teoscar Hernández. Now it's time to see which teams are...

Soto, Burnes, Buehler, Fried among 136 who become free agents with 64 more awaiting pending options

Oct. 31, 2024 20:30 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder Juan Soto, pitchers Corbin Burnes, Walker Buehler and Max Fried and first baseman Pete Alonso were among 136 players who became free agents Thursday morning. Third baseman Alex Bregman, outfielder Anthony Santander and shortstop Willy Adames also went...

MLB qualifying offer price rises to $21.05 million from $20,325,000

Oct. 10, 2024 15:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a qualifying offer for this year's major league free agents rose to $21.05 million from $20,325,000 last offseason, a $725,000 hike that represented a 3.6% increase. The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this...

Higashioka's homer starts rally as Padres beat Braves 5-4 to sweep NL Wild Card Series

Oct. 03, 2024 02:17 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka's solo homer started a five-run rally against an ailing Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 victory in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series on Wednesday night. Manny...

Fried's early exit the latest Braves injury in a trying season that ends with playoff sweep

Oct. 03, 2024 02:13 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Braves' best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury. Max Fried, who started his career as a San Diego Padres farmhand and won the clinching game in the 2021 World Series for the Braves, was in the trainer's...

Starting pitchers Max Fried and Joe Musgrove exit early with injuries in Braves-Padres playoff game

Oct. 03, 2024 01:37 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried and San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove exited early because of injuries Wednesday night in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series. Fried, who can become a free agent after the World Series, was done after two innings in...

MLB pitchers threw fewer complete games but dominated batters this year

Oct. 01, 2024 15:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — There were a record-low 26 complete games in the major leagues this season — four fewer than Catfish Hunter threw in 1975 — and the big league batting average dropped to .243, among the five-lowest figures since 1900. Pitchers threw just 16 individual shutouts,...

Braves win 3-0 behind Max Fried and Sean Murphy, but Royals still get to celebrate

Sep. 28, 2024 00:45 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried pitched three-hit ball over 8 2/3 innings to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over Kansas City on Friday night, but the Royals still got a chance to pop the corks on their first postseason berth since 2015. Kansas City locked up an American League...