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Varsho prob the only one that's notable but he more than makes up for it in every other way

It's official: ----------------------- Munetaka Murakami To Be Posted Today By Charlie Wright | November 7, 2025 at 9:26am CDT Japanese third baseman Munetaka Murakami will be posted by the Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball today, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. The slugger will have 45 days to reach an agreement with an MLB team, beginning tomorrow. Murakami has long been expected to make the jump from NPB to MLB following the 2025 season. He’ll now officially become one of the most intriguing names on the free agent market. Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette were the only hitters to rank ahead of him in our Top 50 Free Agents list. The 25-year-old Murakami has been one of the preeminent power hitters in NPB over the past seven seasons. He launched 56 home runs in 2022, breaking the single-season record held by Sadaharu Oh. Murakami slugged 246 home runs across eight NPB seasons. Since Murakami is now 25, he is considered a professional under MLB’s international free agency rules. That means he’s free to negotiate with all 30 teams without restrictions. Players who make the move to MLB prior to turning 25 are considered amateurs and are subject to the international bonus pool system, which significantly limits their earning power.

Vladdy has excellent reflexes, an excellent arm, and good defensive instincts. And he's maintained a better fitness level. So yes you could CONSIDER playing him at 3B again but I'd only do that if Bo leaves and you want to add offense via a 1B only player as you say. All things considered probably won't happen.

Lord knows Aaron Boone could use a calming influence

Yeah rhey may not add anyone from outside. Schneider/Walker/Hale/Popkins seem pretty tight knit.

Or at the end of April...

He's available after the Mets cleaned house

You know an extension is going to happen Whether you like his decision making or not, the front office and the players seem to love him

Sign the extension before Nov 18 While everyone is still high on the post season vibes and can't wait for another s*** at it together

We really don't have any "holes" on the position player side And we have lots of guys who can play multiple positions If you want to add to the lineup then yes you have to trade for a superstar. That just seems less likely than sticking with the player position core we have and solidifying the starting rotation and back end of the bullpen. Most superstar players are currently either on contending teams that would never trade them (Judge, Ohtani, etc), or are young and under cheap team control for many years so they don't want to trade them either.

Freddie Freeman has probably let this go by now at least. He's doing OK. :) But Lopez, Harris, Acuna, Albies and others must feel like prisoners.

We'll dunk in years that we can, man! LOL

Yeah that didn't work out well for the Braves this year either

100% And with all the post season $$$ and savings from Green and Bieber they can afford to keep him Bo just needs to want to stay and be willing to move to 2B.

YES!!!!!!!

Yeah. With a healthy and productive Santander (and ideally with Bo) it's a much easier lineup to construct 1. Springer (DH or COF) 2. Bichette (2B) 3. Guerrero Jr (1B) 4. Santander (DH or COF) 5. Kirk (C) 6. Barger (COF) 7. Clement (3B) 8. Varsho (CF) 9 Gimenez (SS) Bench: Heineman, Schneider, Straw, and another utility infielder that's not IKF The defense suffers a bit compared to what we had for most of 2025 but that could be one of the deepest lineups in the league. Santander becomes a full time DH after Springer is gone in 2027. For 2026 I want both in the lineup so they both have to play some OF.

Yankees tho? Rightly or wrongly that fanbase wants their current SS punted to the moon And Cashman clearly undervalues defense

He's a California kid so I could guess where he might end up in 2027......

Yes they can qualify him next year because he'll have been with them all season and never qualified before.

Bieber for 16 and Greene off the books is great financially

Yeah they have months to try to work out an extension too. I suspect they'll make a real push for one. But even if they don't, his caliber for 1/16 and the ability to give him a QO next year is beyond great.

I think guys like Bieber, Scherzer and Springer showed the whole league how great it was playing in Toronto this year.

100% same A dozen teams would happily give him 3-4 years