Free-agent left-hander Clayton Kershaw is in agreement with the Dodgers on a one-year deal, pending a physical, sources tell @TheAthletic.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 11, 2022

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Free-agent left-hander Clayton Kershaw is in agreement with the Dodgers on a one-year deal, pending a physical, sources tell @TheAthletic.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 11, 2022

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Womp womp, sorry Rangers. I actually would have liked to see him in Arlington. Tie up money and sit on the IL for four months.

I love this in the CBA: @MLB “will stage games or tours in Mexico, Asia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, London, and Paris over the next five years in order to grow the game.” Le baseball à Paris sera incroyable. 🇫🇷 @MLBNetwork

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) March 11, 2022

Here's a new wrinkle in the labor deal I wasn't aware of:

The Jacob Nottingham Rule!

If a team has already claimed a player once on waivers that season, it can't claim him again until every other team has passed

Nottingham zig-zagged from Seattle to Milwaukee 4 times last year

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) March 11, 2022

That sucks for that guy...

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The #Cubs find their shortstop, signing Andrelton Simmons to a one year, $4M contract as @JonHeyman and @Ken_Rosenthal reported.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 11, 2022

So long Correa to the cubs

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Potential landing spots: Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, Phillies, Cubs, Blue Jays.

Cubs appear out. Are the Tigers still sniffing around? Would he really sign long term with Baltimore?

Tigers signed Baez

Sources: #Dodgers making a strong push for Freddie Freeman and have offered him a multiyear contract. @MLB @MLBNetwork

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) March 12, 2022

Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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Don't expect a warm welcome back at Houston.

Talking business 🤔@TeamCJCorrea pic.twitter.com/KBouBo3Pdt

— Machete Maldonado (@Machete1224) March 12, 2022

EastCoastAgNc said:

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The #Cubs find their shortstop, signing Andrelton Simmons to a one year, $4M contract as @JonHeyman and @Ken_Rosenthal reported.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 11, 2022

So long Correa to the cubs

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wow, the Cubs are out.

must have been scared off by the injury history and contract demands.

Cubs had money to spend

EastCoastAgNc said:

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The #Cubs find their shortstop, signing Andrelton Simmons to a one year, $4M contract as @JonHeyman and @Ken_Rosenthal reported.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) March 11, 2022

So long Correa to the cubs

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Andrelton Simmons is the misshapen genetic clone that emerged when they combined the DNA of Ted Simmons, Andre Dawson, and Terry Pendelton.

Sources: Freddie Freeman negotiations expected to reach a conclusion in next 24 hours and possibly by the end of tonight. #Dodgers have made a strong offer, and it is unclear if the #Braves will match it. @MLBNetwork @MLB

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) March 12, 2022

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bearkatag15 said:

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Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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I'd still give him a standing ovation. He'd only leave because we didn't offer him the best deal. And he'd have left on good terms with class.

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Frok said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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Don't expect a warm welcome back at Houston.

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I'm calling BS on NYY. They always think they're getting everyone.

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Problem is half the time they're right!

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Freeman and Kershaw signing with LAD and Correa with NYY would mean this whole fight over a lower CBT was just show dressing.

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How so? Two notorious big spenders spending big doesn't mean the other teams are okay with it

Frok said:

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Frok said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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Don't expect a warm welcome back at Houston.

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I'd still give him a standing ovation. He'd only leave because we didn't offer him the best deal. And he'd have left on good terms with class.

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I can handle him signing with other teams, just not the Yankees or the Dodgers. It's like joining the Dark Side or Voldemort, you are now the enemy.

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I agree with this.

Truth be told, I have always thought he was kind of a ****. He won me over these last couple of years, and I'm sad to see his production go and will always be thankful for 2017, but I won't miss him the way I do George or CFM.

For me, he's in the Cole category. It'll be easy to hate him on the Yankees or Dojers.

Frok said:

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Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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Don't expect a warm welcome back at Houston.

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I'd still give him a standing ovation. He'd only leave because we didn't offer him the best deal. And he'd have left on good terms with class.

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I can handle him signing with other teams, just not the Yankees or the Dodgers. It's like joining the Dark Side or Voldemort, you are now the enemy.

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I'd be very upset if he went to New York or LA. But if our owners don't offer him the best deal then I can't fault him for going to whoever offers.

It's different than Cole because Cole did his whole "I'm a free agent I don't have to talk to you" while wearing his Boras hat after game 7 2019.

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Mathguy64 said:

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Freeman and Kershaw signing with LAD and Correa with NYY would mean this whole fight over a lower CBT was just show dressing.

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How so? Two notorious big spenders spending big doesn't mean the other teams are okay with it

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I guess for me it begs the question of what the CBT limit is for.

Most teams are nowhere close to it and never get close to it. Raising it or arguing it shouldn't go it is a non issue for them. It's a meaningless cap.

A few teams like the Astros are close to it and it is effectively a cap. They can go over but the penalties are more than they can afford. For them it's really a deterrent.

And a few teams like LAD or NYY (and NYM) just don't care. It's not a deterrent to control spending at all. And because of that you have teams that can spend whatever they want and build mega teams. That also means contracts go up across the board.

The owners just spent 99 days *****ing and moaning about not wanting to raise the CBT. Of course it's more than that but the CBT was a big sticking point. And effectively it's meaningless.

Where you are wrong is about it being a non-issue for teams not close to it. The lower it is, the more teams are in running for free agents and lower it is means more money distributed

Rangers making room for Correa.

And the trades begin!

The Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers are in agreement on a deal that will send shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa to the Twins, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) March 12, 2022

The Rangers, Red Sox, Astros, Marlins & Dodgers are in talks with Jorge Soler, per @hgomez27 & @mikedeportes pic.twitter.com/5meSIsMzmN

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 12, 2022

Nah, he had no spot with Seimien and Seager on the team.

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Hearing that the Yankees are willing to pay him that amount or above. As @jonmorosi reported, the expectation for Correa is that he’ll get something like a Lindor deal or better. https://t.co/oaE3FpYoiR

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) March 12, 2022

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Don't expect a warm welcome back at Houston.

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I'd still give him a standing ovation. He'd only leave because we didn't offer him the best deal. And he'd have left on good terms with class.

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I can handle him signing with other teams, just not the Yankees or the Dodgers. It's like joining the Dark Side or Voldemort, you are now the enemy.

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I'd be very upset if he went to New York or LA. But if our owners don't offer him the best deal then I can't fault him for going to whoever offers.

It's different than Cole because Cole did his whole "I'm a free agent I don't have to talk to you" while wearing his Boras hat after game 7 2019.

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The way those teams talked about him and his teammates and the way he in return talked about them should make them absolute non starters. Those two being willing to pay just a little more should never be a consideration. Sometimes it take being a hard ass and putting your money where your mouth is. No matter what he is offered it is all funny money so it's not like it is even that hard to have a backbone.

I only recently gained a liking for him when he stood up to everyone so if he goes to those team he loses every bit of that and some because it shows it meant nothing to him.