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• Royals Designate Dairon Blanco For Assignment March 3, 2026
  The Royals announced they’ve designated outfielder Dairon Blanco for assignment. That’s the necessary 40-man roster move to finalize their one-year deal with Starling Marte, which is official. Blanco has been a depth outfielder in Kansas City for the past four seasons. He played in nearly half the team’s games between 2023-24 but wasn’t much of a […]
• Blue Jays Re-Sign Max Scherzer March 3, 2026
  The Blue Jays officially announced they’ve re-signed Max Scherzer to a one-year contract. The Boras Corporation client is reportedly guaranteed $3MM and can earn up to $10MM in incentives. He’d earn his first $1MM bonus at 65 innings and reach another $1MM bonus for every tenth inning, up through 155 frames overall. Toronto cleared a […]
• Royals Sign Starling Marte March 2, 2026
  March 2: Kansas City has officially announced Marte’s one-year contract. It’s a $1MM guarantee that comes with another $2MM in bonuses, reports Anne Rogers of MLB.com. Half of that money comes with roster bonuses and the other half through incentives. February 28: Starling Marte and the Royals have agreed to a one-year, Major League contract.  […]
• MLB Announces Spring Breakout Tournament To Begin In 2027 March 2, 2026
  Major League Baseball announced today that the Spring Breakout series will be played as a tournament in 2027 and 2028. It will be a single-elimination style with two champions crowned, one in the Grapefruit League and one in the Cactus League. The tournament is not starting in 2026 so as to not conflict with this […]
• Front Office Subscriber Chat Transcript March 2, 2026
  Anthony Franco Good evening, hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Steve needed today off so we're flipping chat schedules this week. He'll run one on Friday afternoon, going to keep this one around an hour Red Wright Hand 4/112 million for Freddy Peralta to sign extension with Mets. You think that gets the deal done? […]
• Tigers Announce Launch Of Detroit SportsNet March 2, 2026
  The Tigers announced the launch of Detroit SportsNet, an entity which will broadcast the club’s games this year as well as those of the NHL’s Red Wings starting with the 2026-27 season. Fans can subscribe for $19.99 per month or $189.99 for an entire year, which would allow them to stream both clubs. The games […]
• Latest On Mets, Freddy Peralta March 2, 2026
  The Mets and right-hander Freddy Peralta still haven’t had any serious extension talks, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The report suggests the talks will likely ramp up at some point but the two sides will likely have different priorities. President of baseball operations David Stearns has shown a preference for short-term agreements with pitchers […]
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• Submit Your Questions For This Week’s Episode Of The MLBTR Podcast March 2, 2026
  On the MLB Trade Rumors podcast, we regularly answer questions from our readers and listeners, though it’s been a long time. Due to a busy offseason with lots to talk about, we haven’t asked our listeners for questions since October. Now that camps have been open for about three weeks, the newsflow has slowed, so […]
• Padres’ Blake Hunt Shut Down Due To Oblique Injury March 2, 2026
  The Padres recently shut down catcher Blake Hunt due to an oblique injury, as reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Hunt’s exact timeline for return to action isn’t currently known, but he figures to be sidelined for the foreseeable future. The 27-year-old was a second-round pick by the Padres back in 2017 […]