AL East rival signs Maple Ridge BC slugger Tyler O'Neill. Giants sign Jays target to $182 Million contract.
The Baltimore Orioles are in agreement with Canadian outfielder Tyler O'Neill on a three-year, $49.5MM deal according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
Heyman indicated that the Boras Corporation client's contract comes with an opt-out opportunity following the 2025 season.
While O'Neill struggled with his health between two trips to the injured list this past year, he performed at a high level when healthy enough to take the field.
In 113 games for Boston, he slashed a strong .241/.336/.511 with a 131 wRC+.
That production came with an unsightly 33.6% strikeout rate, though O'Neill made up for it somewhat with 31 homers and a 11.2% walk rate.
The Orioles also signed free agent catcher Gary Sanchez to a one year pact according to Jon Heyman, while the financial details are not yet known.
The San Francisco Giants and infielder Will Adames are in agreement on a seven-year $182MM contract according to a report�from ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Passan adds that the CAA Sports client will receive a $22MM signing bonus as part of the contract, which is the largest in Giants history eclipsing Buster Posey's eight year $159 million contract.
Adames has been worth at least 3.1 fWAR and 3.0 bWAR in each of his five full, 162-game seasons in the majors thanks to that consistency.
A career 109 wRC+ hitter who slashed a strong .251/.331/.462 (119 wRC+) with Milwaukee in 2024, the addition of Adames as a middle-of-the-order bat should help improve a Giants offense that managed just a 98 wRC+ last year.
They Blue Jays were both said to be kicking the tires on O'Neill and Adames, it's been said that they are very aggressive with Juan Soto and Anthony Santander in terms of offense.
It's been reported that the Mets, Yankees and Blue Jays have surpassed the $700 million watermark leaving the Red Sox and Dodgers out of the race.
If the Blue Jays plan on outbidding the New York clubs they better land Soto before the board is empty.
Sound familiar Blue Jays fans?
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