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That means that the 25-year-old is now eligible to sign with any team. Revilla led the Cuban league with 29 homers over 110 games during the 2022 campaign. He spent his last two professional seasons playing for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan’s Western League. In 2023 he struggled to a .188/.235/.305 slash line with just three homers, 14 RBI and a 48/7 K/BB ratio over 136 plate appearances. It’s highly unlikely that he’ll be able to land anything other than a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

The Mariners lacked rotation depth beyond their big five last season, and addressing that should be an in the plans for this winter. Dobnak, who debuted with the Twins in 2019 but has barely pitched in the majors the last four years, doesn’t really qualify as a quality fallback at this point — he had a 5.84 ERA in Triple-A last season — but maybe Seattle sees something for him to work on.

There was some hope that Black, who was DFA’d Thursday, would turn into a mid-rotation starter a couple of years back, but he went just 1-5 with a 6.47 ERA in eight starts and two relief appearances with the Giants the last two seasons, and his formerly impressive minor league strikeout rates have really fallen off (29% in 2022, 30% in 2023, 24% in 2024, 21% in 2025). He has an option left and the Royals have ample starting pitching depth, so Black figures to open 2026 back in Triple-A.

A little something back for a pitcher they had DFA’d. Martin, a 2023 12th-round pick, had a 3.45 ERA and a 78/36 K/BB over 91 1/3 innings in 22 starts for high-A Quad Cities last season. The 24-year-old is currently pitching in the AFL, where he has a 9.82 ERA and a 6/8 K/BB in 11 innings.

Morosi mentions the Red Sox and Angels as teams with extra outfielders. Maybe the worst decision made by any potential contender going into last season was the Royals choosing not to upgrade their outfield, and they ended up getting a .639 OPS from their left fielders, a .645 OPS from their center fielders and a .615 OPS from their right fielders. They need to add at least one starter this winter and maybe two, and they still have to figure out whether Jac Caglianone, who belongs at first base, can be adequate in right.

The deadline is Nov. 18. With the qualifying offer sure to take at least a modest toll on his market, Torres might wind up accepting the deal and returning to the Tigers. He’d almost certainly receive considerably less than $22 million per season on a multiyear deal.

Fletcher, briefly a quality regular for the Angels at the end of the last decade, has played in just 38 major league games the last three years, and the long-term deal he got from the Halos ran out at the end of last season. After a one-year experiment with pitching, he returned to the infield and hit .185/.233/.258 in 83 games with the Braves’ Double- and Triple-A teams last season

It’s a small solace for Red Sox fans who watched their team get eliminated in the playoffs while Anthony was sidelined. However, the 21-year-old, who finished third in AL Rookie of the Year voting, will head into the offseason fully healthy and look to establish himself as a true fantasy star next season.

Breslow specifically said that he felt that it made no sense for the Red Sox to look to acquire a number four or five starter, but wanted to find somebody who “can pitch alongside [Garrett] Crochet” at the top of the rotation. Considering the Red Sox were close to trading for Joe Ryan at the deadline, you’d have to assume that he remains a major target for them this offseason. The power bat could be a free agent like Pete Alonso or perhaps a trade acquisition, but it seems that the Red Sox plan to be active this offseason.

Baldwin received 21 out of the 30 first-place votes, with nine going to Cade Horton, who finished in second place. Caleb Durbin finished third and Isaac Collins finished fourth in the NL ROY balloting. The 24-year-old backstop broke out as Atlanta’s primary catcher, slashing .270/.340/.470 with 19 homers and an .810 OPS across 124 games. He’s the first catcher to take home the hardware since Buster Posey back in 2010.

Kurtz received all 30 first-place votes to become the 28th unanimous Rookie of the Year winner. His teammate Jacob Wilson finished second, while Roman Anthony placed third, with Noah Cameron and Colson Montgomery also receiving second-place votes in AL ROY balloting. The 22-year-old burgeoning superstar delivered one of the most impressive rookie campaigns in recent memory, slashing .290/.383/.618 with 64 extra-base hits — including 36 homers — and 86 RBI over 117 games. He seems destined to be one of the more polarizing fantasy sluggers next spring, but there’s a strong case for including him in the first-round conversation.