Players who have been waiting for the club's proposal to sign long-term contracts are changing their minds to short-term contracts one by one. There were no exceptions for the ace who led the team to win the World Series and the batter with 40 home runs.메이저사이트

MLB.COM, the official website of Major League Baseball (MLB), reported on the 13th (Korea time) that "Anthony Santander and Jack Flaherty may also consider short-term contracts." MLB.COM quoted The Athletic's report that Santander and Flaherty are willing to consider short-term contracts with high annual average amounts.

Flaherty and Santander were picked as major players for sale in the Stove League. They were not the biggest fish but are not players to be valued low. Flaherty, who signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers in 2024, pitched well during the season and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a favorite to win the title. After his transfer, he continued his performance and finished the entire season with 13 wins, 7 losses and an earned run average of 3.17. He was the de facto first starter of the Dodgers, which had no starting pitcher in the inning.

Despite ups and downs in the postseason, he gave the Dodgers one win whenever it mattered. He allowed seven scoreless innings in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series and two runs in 5 1/3 innings in Game 1 of the World Series. He played a critical role in helping Dodgers win all of Game 1 of the important series.

Flaherty, who became a free agent after the season, was in a position where he could expect large-scale contracts. Expectations were high on contracts that lasted for more than three to four years, even if they fell short of Blake Snell, Max Fried and Corbin Burns, who were considered the biggest names in the game. As the Dodgers traded him during the season, he did not receive a qualifying offer, so the recruiting team did not have to worry about compensation.

Santander was also cited as a key hitter. Although his batting average stood at 0.235 this season, he hit 44 homers and 102 RBIs, and his on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) was 0.814 as well. Born in 1994, he is not very old. It was predicted that he would receive a higher contract than Teoscar Hernandez of the Dodgers, who signed a three-year, 66 million-dollar contract with the Dodgers.

Contrary to expectations, there has been no sign of a contract for the two. In the end, some say that it has not been verified. The Athletic said, "Clubs want to see if Flaherty is doing well for two consecutive seasons. Flaherty had an ERA of 3.17 during the regular season, but he was inconsistent during the postseason."

The Athletic believed that Nick Pivetta, Pete Alonso and Alex Bregman, including the two, could sign short-term contracts, including opt-outs, instead of signing long-term contracts. All of them are players who have left a source of anxiety this season. A similar expectation has already been made for Alonso. Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio expected him to receive a three-year contract on the 12th.

While there are benefits and losses as a player, chances are high that his short-term contract strategy will succeed. Snell signed a five-year, 182 million-dollar contract this year, successfully re-entered the contract. He will now earn more than 200 million dollars over the six-year period.