If you’ve got a class this thin on the positional side, you probably have teams (and players) being all the more choosey, and also teams doing a lot more trade-talkin’. But waiting an extra few days? Maybe that’s doable. In years past, the deadline was December 2, so you would see some earlier offseason moves – teams weren’t going to wait around a month to do anything. That means, a whole bunch of additional players could become free agents tomorrow, which might impact the way teams proceed in the offseason. Tomorrow is the deadline to tender players under team control a contract for 2024 (aka, the non-tender deadline). So what’s the deal? Why nothing happening so far this year?Ī few thoughts on why it might be … The Earlier Non-Tender Date
You may vaguely recognize Toro’s name from his many previous trades, but he spent just about all of 2023 at Triple-A being serviceable.
The biggest move is probably last evening’s trade that sent Abraham Toro from the Brewers to the A’s for depth arm Chad Patrick.
