So it begins, The official Hot Stove League Thread 2024-25 Offseason

[D-train]

New name for 3B. 35 yo Jose Iglesias put up 2.5 fWAR and 3.1 bWAR in just 291 PAs last season for the Mets. 137 wRC+ last season. Is a FA that likely could be had on a 1 year $5-$7M deal. He has never put up less than 1.0 fWAR since 2013. Would be a good stop gap imo.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose- ... osition=SS

[bpj]

New name for 3B. 35 yo Jose Iglesias put up 2.5 fWAR and 3.1 bWAR in just 291 PAs last season for the Mets. 137 wRC+ last season. Is a FA that likely could be had on a 1 year $5-$7M deal. He has never put up less than 1.0 fWAR since 2013. Would be a good stop gap imo.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose- ... osition=SS

Not sure what this guy figured out, but he loved hitting in NY. Risky type to make T-Mobile their home park imo.

[Donn Beach]

Come on, does that sound like the mariners. He'll probably go back to the mariners

"I know they're a team that wants to win, and I can help them," Iglesias said. "I can help on and off the field... let's see how that plays out in free agency."

[D-train]

New name for 3B. 35 yo Jose Iglesias put up 2.5 fWAR and 3.1 bWAR in just 291 PAs last season for the Mets. 137 wRC+ last season. Is a FA that likely could be had on a 1 year $5-$7M deal. He has never put up less than 1.0 fWAR since 2013. Would be a good stop gap imo.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose- ... osition=SS

Not sure what this guy figured out, but he loved hitting in NY. Risky type to make T-Mobile their home park imo.

Bizarre because Citi Field is the 4th toughest park to hit in baseball.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderbo ... rk-factors

[rockycola]

Iglesias still has good bat to ball skills but is not remotely an answer to a power bat at a power corner. 51 home runs in 12 seasons? Would rather have had Rojas back. Plus, since 2013, only 130 innings played at 3rd base. Stopgap for 2nd base? Maybe, might be interesting choice as a cost conscience piece. I liked him in 2015-18 as the Tiger's primary SS.

[Pharmabro]

New name for 3B. 35 yo Jose Iglesias put up 2.5 fWAR and 3.1 bWAR in just 291 PAs last season for the Mets. 137 wRC+ last season. Is a FA that likely could be had on a 1 year $5-$7M deal. He has never put up less than 1.0 fWAR since 2013. Would be a good stop gap imo.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose- ... osition=SS

I saw something about him from A M's podster, but eh?

[Pharmabro]

New name for 3B. 35 yo Jose Iglesias put up 2.5 fWAR and 3.1 bWAR in just 291 PAs last season for the Mets. 137 wRC+ last season. Is a FA that likely could be had on a 1 year $5-$7M deal. He has never put up less than 1.0 fWAR since 2013. Would be a good stop gap imo.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jose- ... osition=SS

Not sure what this guy figured out, but he loved hitting in NY. Risky type to make T-Mobile their home park imo.

Bizarre because Citi Field is the 4th toughest park to hit in baseball.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderbo ... rk-factors

I was about to say, not a hitters heaven.

[rockycola]

M's made an Ice Cream claim of a former no hit catcher turned oft injured relief pitcher today and put him on their 40-man roster. Hagen Danner, 26 yo righty. He's shown flashes of being good so, another buy low, potential reclamation project from Trader Jerry.

He spent most of 2022 on the injured list, only making four Double-A appearances. He was healthy again in 2023, tossing 39 1/3 innings across multiple levels, with a 3.66 ERA, 35.7% strikeout rate and 7% walk rate. He also made his major league debut, although he only tossed a third of an inning before an oblique strain sent him to the IL for about six weeks to finish the year. In 2024, he spent another two months on the minor league injured list but managed to toss 35 1/3 innings on the year with a 3.06 ERA, 24.2% strikeout rate and 8.7% walk rate.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/ ... anner.html

The best reading of the article are the reader comments at the end.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... nner000hag

Thanks, Jerry.

[Hy Feiber]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/ ... anner.html

Records show dominance over .01 of an inning.

Gem in the rough?

[AZOldDawg]

We’re wheeling and dealing now baby. What a pick up. Just improved our hitting exponentially. . . Not