Overview
- Mets capped a run of high-impact adds by agreeing to a minor-league deal with Craig Kimbrel after landing Bo Bichette and trading for All-Star Freddy Peralta.
- Reporting details New York’s preference for shorter contracts, including a four-year offer to Kyle Tucker, before pivoting to Bichette and paying prospect cost for Peralta.
- Toronto’s rotation deepened with Dylan Cease and Cody Ponce, putting José Berríos in trade conversations, though the club plans to reassess in camp and is reluctant to attach prospects to move salary.
- The Blue Jays also confirmed the low-cost signing of 19-year-old international pitcher Manuel Parra, adding to their pipeline.
- Yankees re-signed Cody Bellinger and acquired Ryan Weathers but largely stood pat, with outside chatter linking them to starters such as Lucas Giolito, Kris Bubic or Sandy Alcántara, while the Phillies were cited by Jim Bowden as a potential Framber Valdez suitor.