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  • PHI Relief Pitcher #61
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    Phillies signed Cody Stashak to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training.
    Stashak was last in the Giants’ organization and posted a 5.45 ERA with Triple-A Sacramento in 2024. The 30-year-old will compete for a bullpen spot with Philadelphia, but faces an uphill battle.
  • LAD Shortstop #11
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    Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extra Base reports that the Dodgers have exercised their $5 million club option on Miguel Rojas.
    This was likely an easy one, as Rojas was a .283 hitter with a .748 OPS over 103 games while playing quality defense up the middle. Even if Rojas is more of a utility player than someone who is in the lineup every single day — probably somewhere in-between — that makes his $5 million salary for 2025 a pittance.
  • FA Relief Pitcher #37
    David Robertson declined his $7 million mutual option with the Rangers.
    Robertson is now a free agent. The 39-year-old was a solid part of the Texas bullpen with a 3.00 ERA over 68 appearances and a 99/27 K/BB across 72 innings. He should see interest on a short-term deal from a variety of bullpen-needy clubs.
  • LAD Catcher #15
    Robert Murray of FanSided reports that the Dodgers are exercising the one-year, $3.5 million team option for Austin Barnes.
    A no-brainer of sorts, even with the Dodgers having some young talent at the catching position in the minors that could help in 2025. Barnes got on at a .331 clip, and while there’s no power in his bat as seen in one total homer and a .307 slugging mark, his work with the pitching staff is well worth that contract and then some as the backup to Will Smith.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #45
    ESPN’s Jeff Passan says the expectation is that the Yankees will void Gerrit Cole’s opt out by adding an extra year to his contract.
    They’re facing a Sunday deadline to make the call. The Athletic’s Jim Bowden also has a Yankees source indicating that the team will likely retain Cole. The Yankees would be paying $180 million for Cole’s next five seasons through age 38. It’d be an easy call if not for the 34-year-old’s elbow injury last season. As is, it’s pretty risky. Still, Cole was the AL Cy Young winner in 2023, and his stuff looked plenty good in the playoffs last month.
  • ATL Relief Pitcher
    Braves selected the contract of RHP Domingo Gonzalez from Triple-A Gwinnett.
    Gonzalez, 25, gets a 40-man spot after striking out 83 and posting a 2.91 ERA in 52 2/3 innings as a reliever between Double- and Triple-A last season. He’ll likely open next season back in Triple-A, but he’ll get a look in spring training.
  • ATL Relief Pitcher #49
    Braves agreed to terms with LHP Aaron Bummer on a two-year, $13 million contract.
    It was reported last month that the Braves would exercise their $7.25 million option on Bummer, but he’s instead getting a new deal that pays him $3.5 million next season and $9.5 million in 2026. Bummer had a 3.58 ERA over 55 1/3 innings in his first season with the Braves.
  • ATL Starting Pitcher #40
    Braves agreed to terms with RHP Reynaldo López on a three-year contract.
    The Braves say López will make $8 million next season, $14 million in 2026 and $8 million in 2027. This replaces the deal López signed last winter, which was set to pay him $11 million next season, $11 million in 2026 and then either an $8 million option or a $4 million buyout in 2027. So, it appears that López is getting an extra $4 million here after a very promising return to the rotation last season.
  • FA Catcher #99
    Brewers declined C Gary Sánchez’s mutual option for 2025.
    The mutual option was always meant to be declined and just a matter of pushing 2024 dollars back to 2025. Sánchez gets a $4 million buyout on top of his $3 million salary from last season. The 31-year-old faltered at the end of the year to finish with a .220/.307/.398 line in 280 plate appearances.
  • COL Shortstop #6
    Rockies acquired INF Owen Miller from the Brewers for cash considerations.
    Miller, who turns 28 this month, was a non-factor last season, going 5-for-27 in 14 games for the Brewers. The utilityman is a lifetime .239/.287/.345 hitter in 294 major league games dating back to 2021, and he’ll probably compete for a bench job in spring training.
  • MIL Starting Pitcher #48
    Colin Rea has been placed on waivers by the Brewers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Curt Hogg reports.
    A little bit of a surprise, because the Brewers have a $5.5 million option here on a guy who went 12-6 with a 4.29 ERA and a 135/43 K/BB in 167 2/3 innings last season. We imagine he’ll be claimed by a team, which will save the Brewers from having to pay him a $1 million buyout.