{"id":133702,"date":"2024-12-05T20:06:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133702"},"modified":"2024-12-05T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:06:56","slug":"mlb-winter-meetings-free-agency-intel-from-olney-and-passan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133702","title":{"rendered":"MLB winter meetings: Free agency intel from Olney and Passan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Buster Olney<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"multi-authors\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/olney_buster.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Buster Olney<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">ESPN Senior Writer<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior writer ESPN Magazine\/ESPN.com\n<\/li>\n<li>Analyst\/reporter ESPN television\n<\/li>\n<li>Author of &#8220;The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Jeff Passan<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"multi-authors\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/passan_jeff.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Passan<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">ESPN<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>ESPN MLB insider<br \/>Author of &#8220;The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports&#8221;<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">Dec 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>MLB&#8217;s winter meetings begin Monday in Dallas, signaling when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/42115276\/mlb-2024-25-free-agency-tracker-offseason-trades-moves\">baseball&#8217;s offseason<\/a> activity is likely to take off after a relatively slow first month.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes will be on the free agency of superstar outfielder <a data-player-guid=\"c0225b71-161d-fe89-5c62-d27fa64259fd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36969\/juan-soto\">Juan Soto<\/a>, who is likely to sign by the end of the meetings &#8212; if not before they even begin. But Soto is far from the only player who could be in for a huge payday as the baseball world gathers in Texas with <a data-player-guid=\"33ba43fd-9a28-0e56-1012-5c9e5881a570\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/37498\/pete-alonso\">Pete Alonso<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"5b0dc2c1-e790-cc40-0add-4ce6867ac25b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33675\/willy-adames\">Willy Adames<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"801e1ea7-15e4-fcbc-982c-9efc9d6050df\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39878\/corbin-burnes\">Corbin Burnes<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"00ce805c-4c3d-c1c9-ab93-a6410f947e7b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32685\/max-fried\">Max Fried<\/a> among the other in-demand free agents looking for their next homes. The trade market also figures to ratchet up in the coming days with <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8f4800c6-3c05-b3d5-8186-9750cd72a3c2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chw\/chicago-white-sox\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> ace <a data-player-guid=\"758d4fc6-a046-3dc0-9280-c6279357128c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4297835\/garrett-crochet\">Garrett Crochet<\/a> highlighting the stars who could be dealt.<\/p>\n<p>When and where will Soto sign? Which teams could land the other players in line for a nine-figure payday and who is looking to make a blockbuster trade?<\/p>\n<p>Here is the latest intel we&#8217;re hearing on the players, teams and themes that will rock the meetings &#8212; starting with the one name everyone is watching.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>When will Juan Soto sign and how will his free agency shape the meetings?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<aside class=\"espn-plus-container-wrapper\" data-behavior=\"espnplus_login\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/42755549\/mlb-winter-meetings-2024-offseason-free-agency-intel-rumors-updates-buster-olney-jeff-passan-juan-soto\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buster Olney Close Buster Olney ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer ESPN Magazine\/ESPN.com Analyst\/reporter ESPN television Author of &#8220;The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty&#8221; Jeff Passan Close Jeff Passan ESPN &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133702\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}