Jordy Mercer activated from injured list

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Jordy Mercer

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Nationals activated INF Jordy Mercer from the 10-day injured list.

Mercer has been out since July with a strained calf but is healthy enough now to contribute in the final weeks.

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Carlos Estévez

FA Relief Pitcher #53
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Royals declined RHP Carlos Estévez’s $13 million club option for 2027.

Instead, they’ll pay the 33-year-old right-hander a buyout of $2 million. After a brilliant 2025 season in which he notched a league-leading 42 saves and posted a 2.45 ERA across 66 innings of work, Estévez was limited to just one appearance in 2026 due to recurring shoulder issues. He finally underwent surgery in early September, which puts his outlook for the start of the 2027 season in jeopardy.
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Tony Gonsolin

KC Starting Pitcher #36
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Royals exercised RHP Tony Gonsolin’s $2.5 million club option for 2027.

Gonsolin missed most of the past two seasons while recovering from elbow surgery, but he returned in late September and was able to throw 2 2/3 innings with five strikeouts in his lone appearance for the Royals. The expectation is that he’ll compete for a spot in the Royals’ rotation to open the 2027 season.
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Ryan Weiss

FA Starting Pitcher #51
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Astros declined RHP Ryan Weiss’s $5 million club option for 2027.

The 29-year-old hurler was removed from the Astros’ 40-man roster back in June after posting a miserable 7.62 ERA and a 30/20 K/BB ratio over 26 innings in his nine appearances, so declining his option seemed like a foregone conclusion. Weiss is now free to explore the open market.
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Anthony Banda

MIN Relief Pitcher #43
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Twins sent LHP Anthony Banda, 1B Aaron Sabato and INF Tristan Gray outright to Triple-A St. Paul.

All are expected to become free agents. Banda had a 4.46 ERA in 39 relief appearances during the first three months of the season before undergoing season-ending surgery for a torn lat.
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Zak Kent

WSH Starting Pitcher #57
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Nationals designated RHP Zak Kent for assignment.

In an exchange of valuable Scrabble names, waiver claim Braxton Roxby takes Kent’s spot on the 40-man. Kent had a 5.68 ERA in 12 2/3 innings for the Nationals after being claimed off waivers from the Twins in May. He spent all but one day of the second half in the minors.
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Grant McCray

SEA Center Fielder #58
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Mariners claimed OF Grant McCray off waivers from the Giants.

McCray, who turns 26 in December, has hit .170/.235/.323 in 247 plate appearances since debuting with the Giants in 2024. He has gone 13-for-13 stealing bases, but he strikes out far too much for someone with little power and he’s not a particularly strong defender in the outfield. Better players will clear waivers.
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Braxton Roxby

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Nationals claimed RHP Braxton Roxby off waivers from the Giants.

Roxby, 27, was one of a number of non-roster players the Giants had to turn to late in the year as they dealt with a glut of injuries, and he wound up allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings during the final three weeks. He’s probably not going to stick on the Nationals’ 40-man all winter, but maybe he’ll clear waivers next time around.
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Jason Foley

SF Relief Pitcher #64
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Giants sent RHP Jason Foley, LHP Matt Gage, INF Osleivis Basabe outright to Triple-A Sacramento.

Foley, who saved 28 games for the Tigers in 2024, had a 4.15 ERA and a 15/11 K/BB in 26 innings for the Giants after returning from shoulder surgery in July. There should be plenty of interest in him as a minor league free agent, but a guaranteed deal seems unlikely.
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Robinson Martinez

BAL Relief Pitcher
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Orioles signed RHP Robinson Martínez to a minor league contract.

It’ll be a second stint with the Orioles for the 28-year-old Martínez. He pitched in the system in 2024, but he was mostly hurt then. The Mets signed him last winter, only to release him on Apr. 1. He pitched some in Mexico afterwards, and he currently has a 1.80 ERA, three saves and a 7/1 K/BB in five innings while serving as Escogido’s closer in the Dominican Winter League.
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Corbin Burnes

AZ Starting Pitcher #39
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Corbin Burnes will not opt out of the Diamondbacks contract set to pay him $140 million over the next four years.

Obviously. Burnes, who underwent Tommy John in 2025, has been limited to 74 2/3 innings two years into his six-year, $210 million contract with Arizona. He should be good to go in spring training after returning to make three starts last month, though he did finish the season on the IL with shoulder inflammation.
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Jordy Mercer

Nationals activated INF Jordy Mercer from the 10-day injured list.

Carlos Estévez

Royals declined RHP Carlos Estévez’s $13 million club option for 2027.

Tony Gonsolin

Royals exercised RHP Tony Gonsolin’s $2.5 million club option for 2027.

Ryan Weiss

Astros declined RHP Ryan Weiss’s $5 million club option for 2027.

Anthony Banda

Twins sent LHP Anthony Banda, 1B Aaron Sabato and INF Tristan Gray outright to Triple-A St. Paul.

Zak Kent

Nationals designated RHP Zak Kent for assignment.

Grant McCray

Mariners claimed OF Grant McCray off waivers from the Giants.

Braxton Roxby

Nationals claimed RHP Braxton Roxby off waivers from the Giants.

Jason Foley

Giants sent RHP Jason Foley, LHP Matt Gage, INF Osleivis Basabe outright to Triple-A Sacramento.

Robinson Martinez

Orioles signed RHP Robinson Martínez to a minor league contract.

Corbin Burnes

Corbin Burnes will not opt out of the Diamondbacks contract set to pay him $140 million over the next four years.