MLB ended its shutdown yesterday, and major signings have arrived as promised. The Dodgers signed back the team's ace Crayton Cretchaw, the Giants locked up for two years without a left-hand shot Carlos Rodden, and the Cubs and coach David Rose renewed their contracts.
It was almost a forethought that Kershaw was signed back by the Dodgers, who could have posted a qualifying offer on Kershaw so that even if Kershaw went elsewhere, the Dodgers could have won a draft pick, but they didn't choose to do so, presumably because they were confident of keeping him. The soon-to-be 34-year-old Kershaw signed Dodgers to a one-year, $17 million contract with a $5 million incentive bonus, which is about the same as a qualified offer of 18.4 million.
Keshaw's honor and historical status naturally do not need to be introduced, but last season, Kishore only shot 121.2 innings due to injury, and the ERA was 3.55, which is a new high outside his rookie season. After 2015, Kishore has never had more than 180 innings, which is why Dodge is reluctant to offer long contracts.
Dodgers also currently have Walker Biele and Julio Uriás, and while Trevor Bauer is likely to still have a white-collar salary for a year, Tony Gonsollin, David Price and Andrew Heaney should be able to fill the other two rotations. In the Max Shezier and Trey Turner deals, the Dodgers sent out the highly accomplished rookie Joshua Gray, which is the reason for their temporary shortage of rotation.
The arms race in the League West continued, with the Giants signing Rodden for two years to fill the gap in Kevin Goldman's departure.
Rodon made 132.2 innings in 24 starts this season, soared 185 strikeouts, and had a 2.37 ERA, the lowest starting pitcher in the League, but not enough innings to qualify for the ERA championship. He was also selected for the Star Game for the first time in his mid-season, finishing fifth in the Cy young award at the end of the season.
To be honest, Rodden's price tag is a bit inflated, although his strength is certainly no problem, but his rich injury history is difficult to reassure him. The Giants currently rotate with Alex Wood, who has an equally rich injury history, who has just renewed his contract for two years for $25 million, and the team's ace is Logan Webber, who is still on a child labor contract.
The Cubs chose to renew their contract with coach Rose until 2024 at this time, with a team option for 2025, and the team did not disclose the contract details.
After selling Anthony Rizzo, Chris Bryant, Javier Bayez and Craig Kimbrell, the Cubs are in a period of reconstruction, and there is no problem in continuing to appoint Rose as a rookie coach. Rose was a backup catcher for the 2016 champion Cubs, and he was mostly teammates with those aforementioned.
2020 was Rose's debut season in charge, he led the team to 34 wins to reach the playoffs, the 2021 season began well, but a wave of 11 consecutive defeats in June directly rebuilt them, and finally only got 71 wins. Over the course of two years, Rose's overall record in charge is 105 wins and 117 defeats.
The team's president, Jed Hoyer, praised Rose, who thinks he's still improving and is good enough even now.
Other signings include the Cubs signing Shorts for $4 million a year with Shortstop Andrelton Simmons, the Rangers signing Bullpen pitcher Martin Perez for $4 million a year, and the Cardinals signing Bullpen pitcher Drew Verhagen on a two-year contract.
(Text/Geng Haoyang)