Covering a wild first day of the offseason.
Good morning everybody, and happy Friday! The month of November has begun, and we’ve got a crazy day of offseason news to get to.
In Mariners news…
- Congratulations, Trevor!
Trevor Gooby has been promoted to Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of the @Mariners.
In his new role, Trevor will have more integration with our baseball operations group and take on additional responsibilities involving projects around our SODO neighborhood.
— Mariners PR (@MarinersPR) October 31, 2024
Around the league…
- The Angels and Braves wasted no time getting to business, completing a trade that sent outfielder Jorge Soler to Anaheim in exchange for right-hander Griffin Canning.
- The Mets agreed to a one-year deal with right-hander Dylan Covey.
- Right-hander Daniel Hudson announced his retirement from baseball on the heels of winning his second-career World Series ring.
- Young Twins outfielder Alex Kirilloff made the surprising decision to retire from the sport. The former top prospect suffered a number of injuries over the course of his career, which prompted his early exit.
- It’s not just players who retired from baseball yesterday — longtime play-by-play announcer Bob Costas hung up his microphone.
- 136 players became free agents yesterday, including several who declined options or had options declined by their clubs.
- The Giants are reportedly set to hire Zack Minasian as their new general manager. Zack is the brother of Angels GM Perry Minasian.
- This is perhaps the least surprising news you’ll hear all day.
Teoscar Hernández was asked about returning to the Dodgers on ESPN Deportes following the game last night
“The Dodgers will be my priority in free agency. I will do whatever is possible to return. It’s not in my hands, but if it were I’d pick them.” pic.twitter.com/lXAjS9y7i1
— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) October 31, 2024
- The Yankees no longer appear to be the fearsome juggernaut of days past, writes Matthew Roberson at GQ.
- Jerry Dipoto isn’t half-bad at it either!
All I’m saying is…Alex Anthopoulos is good at making trades. #Braves https://t.co/IXRme14NkL pic.twitter.com/VwF5G0v8Nu
— Robert Frey (@RobertFrey40) October 31, 2024