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José Castillo has signed a contract with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Castillo takes his talents overseas after being non-tendered by the Mets last month. The 29-year-old southpaw made relief appearances between the Mets, Diamondbacks, Orioles and Mariners last s...

From the comments ... DistantWanderingMember since 2024 22 minutes ago Who’s Andrew Jenkins the LHP? Link goes to a Tigers 1B. Can’t find the P anywhere JimmyMember since 2019 6 minutes ago Reply to DistantWandering I think it should be Aaron Bummer? 32 year old LHP who doesn’t appear here, and the ...

Matt Manning has signed a one-year contract with the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization. No word on the financial terms of the contract. The 27-year-old right-hander and former top prospect was a first-round selection by the Tigers (ninth overall) from the 2016 draft class. He hasn’t ...

Former Rangers’ right-hander Caleb Boushley has signed a one-year contract with the KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization. The 32-year-old hurler will be guaranteed $900,000 on the deal and has the potential to earn another $100,000 in performance-based incentives. Boushley made 25 appearances f...

SS - William Bergolla (CWS) What the heck are you supposed to make of William Bergolla? No one really seems to know. But here’s something fun—a comparison of Bergolla in 2025 and José Ramírez’s (CLE) 2013 (both of their first full years in Double-A): Look, one positive comparison to a Hall of Fame-l...

The Yakult Swallows of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced that they have signed right-hander Jesús Liranzo to a one-year, $600,000 contract. The 30-year-old right-hander spent the 2025 season in the Brewers’ organization where he registered a solid 3.39 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and a 64/23 K/BB ra...

21. Marco Dinges , C Drafted: 4th Round, 2024 from Florida State (MIL) Age 22.2 Height 5′ 11″ Weight 190 Bat / Thr R / R FV 40 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Hit Raw Power Game Power Run Fielding Throw 30/40 50/55 30/45 50/50 30/40 60 Dinges began his college career at Tallahassee Community College, w...

Daz Cameron has signed with the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization, according to The New York Post’s Jon Heyman. Cameron was one of the better prospects in Houston’s system last decade after being selected 37th overall in the 2015 MLB Draft. The 28-year-old was traded to Detroit in the...

Kenta Maeda has signed a two-year, $2.56 million contract with the Rakuten Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Maeda announced his intention to return to Japan earlier this month and was pursued by several teams before ultimately deciding on a multi-year deal with the Eagles. The 37-yea...

15. Cristian Mena , RHP (Arizona Diamondbacks) While it feels like I’ve had to rank Mena every single year during my decade at BP, in reality he doesn’t turn 23 for another month. It seemed like he was starting to figure stuff out in Reno and pitched well during a pair of major-league call ups, but ...

13. Cristofer Torin , SS (Double-A Amarillo) Torin and Jansel Luis have been a bit of a matched pair on these last few Diamondbacks lists. They’ve spent most of their time at the same level, and large chunks of that as double-play partners. Torin has established himself as the better shortstop of th...

Former Royals LHP Sam Long signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball. Long will head to Japan after registering a 5.36 ERA in 40 1/3 innings out of the bullpen for the Royals in 2025. Long had a solid 2024 season but was unable to carry that over into 2025. He now has a 4.6...

Padres released Peyton Pallette

Padres released Wilkelman 0-Gonzalez

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Elehuris Montero has re-signed with the Hiroshima Carp of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Montero will remain in Japan for at least another season after hitting .255/.301/.391 with nine homers in 105 games during his overseas debut last year. The 27-year-old slugger managed just a .665 OPS wi...

Padres signed Sean Guenther

Padres released Will 23-Johnston

Former Marlins reliever Freddy Tarnok is signing with the Hiroshima Carp of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Tarnok takes his talents overseas after being jettisoned from Miami’s roster earlier this month. The 26-year-old reliever will attempt to rebuild his long-term value in Japan after posti...

4. Miguel Mendez , RHP Ht: 6'2" | Wt: 165 | B-T: R-R Age: 23 BA Grade/Risk: 55/High Adjusted Grade: 40 Track Record: Mendez had only been pitching for six months when the Padres signed him out of the Dominican Republic for just $10,000 in 2021. He began to show signs of blossoming in 2024, when...

Sean Guenther $1.00

I am good with all of the moves mentioned so far ...

White Sox INF prospect Sam Antonacci was named to the AFL All-League team. A fifth-round pick in 2024, Antonacci hit .378/.505/.541 with eight extra-base hits and 11 steals in the AFL. The White Sox’s 11th-ranked prospect worked his way up to Double-A in 2025 and could start there in 2026 as well. T...

Forrest Whitley is signing with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Whitley will take his talents to Japan in a bit of a surprising decision since he appeared poised to enter next spring with a chance to make Tampa Bay’s season-opening rotation. The 28-year-old former top pi...

4. Miguel Mendez , RHP Born: 2002-07-01 B: Right/T: Right H: 6′ 2″ W: 165 lbs. History: Signed February 2021 out of the Dominican Republic. Previous Ranking(s): NR Major-league ETA: 2027 Year Team Level Age W L SV G GS IP H HR BB% K% K GB% BABIP WHIP ERA DRA 2023 LE Lo-A 20 2 3 0 15 15 54.3 50 5 13....