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It has been seven weeks since the World Series ended and so far only three of our top 10 free agents have signed<\/a> and two of our top 25 trade candidates have been moved<\/a>. A slow offseason, this has been, though we did get a three-team trade Friday<\/a>. Perhaps that’s a sign the hot stove is about to heat up. Here now are Saturday’s rumors. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tPhillies<\/a> pursuing catcher trades <\/p>\n As talks with free agent J.T. Realmuto<\/a> have failed to progress, the Phillies have begun to explore the trade market for a catcher, reports The Athletic<\/a>. Philadelphia is said to have an offer on the table for Realmuto<\/a>. Ultimately, a reunion makes sense for both sides, but a deal hasn’t come together yet, so the Phillies are exploring their options. <\/p>\n The best free agent catcher behind Realmuto is Victor Caratini<\/a>, who plays first base and DH as much as he catches these days. As for the trade market, Twins<\/a> backstop\u00a0Ryan Jeffers<\/a> is an obvious candidate to be moved. He’s a year away from free agency and the Twins sold hard at this summer’s trade deadline. We ranked Realmuto as the 13th best free agent available this offseason<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Orioles<\/a> interested in Romero <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Orioles are among the teams with interest in Cardinals<\/a> lefty reliever JoJo Romero<\/a>, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>. Romero is a year away from free agency and thus an obvious trade candidate with the Cardinals not prioritizing contention in 2026. The O’s have already added righties\u00a0Ryan Helsley<\/a> and Andrew Kittredge<\/a> to their bullpen this offseason. <\/p>\n Romero, 29, is a sinker specialist with a knack for limiting homers. Baltimore has two lefties, Keegan Akin<\/a> and Dietrich Enns<\/a>, in their bullpen, though neither is a late-inning matchup specialist. A quality lefty reliever is a necessity in the AL East, which houses quality lefty bats Roman Anthony<\/a>, Jonathan Aranda<\/a>, Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a>, Jarren Duran<\/a>, Ben Rice<\/a>,\u00a0Daulton Varsho<\/a>, and others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images It has been seven weeks since the World Series ended and so far only three of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[5154,33140,64,63,1186,61898,24617,21600,40892,9848,171281,196693,5163,22729,16047,10998,21060,33388,196694,16051,2364,591,48937,17145,5129,2365,5137,5160,31839,1338,16048,159596,85,2366,1190,16058],"class_list":["post-360908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-alex-bregman","tag-andrew-kittredge","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-ben-rice","tag-brandon-lowe","tag-daulton-varsho","tag-dietrich-enns","tag-free-agency","tag-hot-stove","tag-hot-stove-mlb-rumors","tag-houston-astros","tag-j-t-realmuto","tag-jarren-duran","tag-jazz-chisholm","tag-jojo-romero","tag-jonathan-aranda","tag-keegan-akin","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-mlb-rumors","tag-orioles","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-phillies","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-roman-anthony","tag-rumors","tag-ryan-helsley","tag-ryan-jeffers","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-victor-caratini"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"team](\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/324.svg\")
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