Hello there, Razzball friend! In case you haven’t heard, spring games started yesterday, which means fantasy baseball pitcher injuries will officially move from offseason theory to daily monitoring in 2026. Radar guns are back. Someone is already ‘a little sore, but doing well’. Within a month, one of your targeted or drafted pitchers will likely […]
Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is open to extension talks, but has still not been approached by the club in that department, he says Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. Chisholm is entering his final year as club director before he is released. It’s a similar situation to last year, when it seemed like Chisholm […]
In our 127th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer discuss the latest MLB transactions and baseball card news before previewing NL Central with Derek Van Riper by The Athletics and the Rates & Barrels podcast. You can find us on bluesky on @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.socialAnd @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected]. Links to things discussed in […]
One of the first surprises of winter was… Shane Bieber‘s decision to purchase a $16 million player option for the 2026 season rather than take a $4 million buyout and return to free agency. That pick was seen as a headache around the league at the time, as the former Cy Young winner’s track record […]
Blue Jays star Shane Bieber chooses his $16 million player option for 2026, Jon Heyman of The Post reports this. Bieber will make $16 million in 2026, the final year of a two-year, $26 million contract he originally signed with the Guardians last winter. Had he declined his player option, Bieber would have received a […]
Shane Bieber surprisingly exercised his $16 million option to stay with the Blue Jays, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. He’s passing on a $4 million buyout, so he’s raising an extra $12 million to stay in Toronto for a second season. The decision removes one of the better starting pitchers from the […]
The Blue Jays are close to the acquisition of right -handed Shane Bieberreport Jon Morosi from MLB.com. Standard Adds That pitching -forecast Khal Stephen Will be on the way to the Guardians in a straight one-for-one deal. Per Ken Rosenthal van de AthleticsThe deal is still awaiting a medical assessment. That is a fairly standard […]