MLB Hot Corner: Opening Weekend, Pitcher Injuries & FAAB Adds (video)

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B. Swihart - C

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Nationals signed C/OF Blake Swihart to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Swihart spent a little time at the Rangers' alternate training site in 2020 before getting released in August. He did not appear in a major league game. The 28-year-old former top prospect is a career .243/.301/.355 hitter.

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T. Mancini - RF

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Jon Heyman of MLB Network hears that the Braves have "kicked the tires" on a trade for Orioles slugger Trey Mancini.

Baltimore seems open to trading just about anyone as long as it means cutting costs, and Mancini did just avoid arbitration with the O's on a $4.75 million salary for 2021, but this could be a tricky trade to pull off given that the 28-year-old missed all of 2020 while recovering from surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. He put up an excellent .291/.364/.535 batting line with 35 home runs and 97 RBI over 154 games in 2019.

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K. Wong - 2B

MLB.com's Jon Morosi reports that Kolten Wong's market is "heating up."

There's been a whole lot of recent movement on the infield market and now Wong is finally starting to gain some traction as the dominoes fall. Morosi notes that the Cardinals, Tigers, Mariners, Rays, Cubs, and Phillies are "among the teams to check in on" the 30-year-old second baseman, who became a free agent back in late October when St. Louis declined his $12.5 million club option for 2021. Wong has won back-to-back Gold Glove Awards while slashing .279/.358/.396 with 12 homers and 29 steals in 201 games since the beginning of 2019.

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T. Bauer - SP

According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the Mets are the "favorites to land" top free agent starter Trevor Bauer.

There are conflicting reports about what kind of offer the Mets have on the table to Bauer, but Nightengale has been told that it carries an average annual value approaching what Gerrit Cole got last winter from the Yankees. Cole's deal was for nine years, $324 million -- so a $36 million AAV. Bauer will probably sign on a term of five or six years, though he could score an AAV around the $34-35 million range, assuming Nightengale's reporting is accurate. The 30-year-old right-hander won the 2020 National League Cy Young Award after registering a 1.73 ERA, 0.795 WHIP, and 100/17 K/BB ratio across 73 innings (11 starts) last summer with the Reds.

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W. Ramos - C

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According to Jose F. Rivera of Wow Deportes, the Tigers have signed free agent catcher Wilson Ramos.

It's reportedly a one-year, $2 million agreement, and there will probably be some incentives. Ramos struggled both offensively and defensively last season with the Mets, who made the easy decision to decline his $10 million club option for 2021 back in late October. But the 33-year-old former two-time All-Star would seem to be a worthwhile gamble for the rebuilding Tigers and fills a big immediate need for them behind the plate.

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T. La Stella - 2B

Jon Heyman of MLB Network confirms that free agent infielder Tommy La Stella has signed with the Giants.

Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area first passed along word that an agreement was close, and ESPN's Jeff Passan says it'll be a three-year deal. La Stella, 31, batted .289/.356/.471 with 21 home runs in 135 games (549 plate appearances) for the Angels and Athletics between 2019-2020 and projects to play both second base and third base for San Francisco in a sort of tri-platoon with Donovan Solano and Evan Longoria. It's a nice real-life fit, and it could be a good fantasy fit too if the designated hitter remains a thing in the National League.

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D. Gregorius - SS

According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the Reds and Phillies are "now focusing" on Didi Gregorius.

Gregorius, 30, is one of the last remaining established everyday shortstops on this suddenly fast-moving free agent market and should do quite well for himself given that the Reds and Phillies -- and maybe some other clubs -- still consider that position an area of need. He batted .284/.339/.488 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI over 60 games (237 plate appearances) last season for Philadelphia while rating pretty well defensively. Jon Heyman of MLB Network hears that Gregorius is asking for something around two years, $30 million.

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A. Simmons - SS

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ESPN's Jeff Passan reports that the Twins have signed free agent shortstop Andrelton Simmons to a one-year, $10.5 million contract.

Simmons was known to be an offseason target of the Phillies, Reds, and Blue Jays -- among others -- but there wasn't any chatter about Minnesota being involved until Passan's tweet about the agreement. The 31-year-old will rightfully take over at shortstop in 2021 for the reigning American League Central champions, with Jorge Polanco likely shifting to second base and Luis Arraez probably moving into more of a utility role. Simmons, a four-time Gold Glove Award winner, slashed .297/.346/.356 across 127 plate appearances last summer with the Angels before opting out in September because of concerns about COVID-19.

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