Overview
- The Wall Street Journal reporting, echoed by multiple outlets, places the Yankees, Cubs and Phillies among the hardest pushers for Japanese right-hander Tatsuya Imai, with estimates in the $150–200 million range.
- MLB Network’s Mark Feinsand reports Michael King is expected to choose a team soon, with the Yankees viewed as a favorite and the Orioles, Red Sox and Mets also involved.
- The Mets are in agreement to sign reliever Luke Weaver to a two-year, $22 million deal, bolstering a late-inning group headlined by Devin Williams.
- ESPN and others indicate several contenders are pressing for frontline starters, with interest clustered among the Orioles, Mets, Astros, Yankees, Angels, Padres and Cubs.
- The Athletic reports Ketel Marte holds a five-team no-trade list that includes the Yankees, and separate reporting suggests Arizona could pursue Alex Bregman without moving Marte, though that scenario is framed as possible rather than likely.