Here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world headed into the weekend:<\/p>\n
1. Moncada to be made official:<\/p>\n
The Angels agreed to re-sign third baseman Yoan Moncada<\/a> to a one-year deal last week<\/a>, but that deal still has yet to be made official. It\u2019s unclear what\u2019s caused the delay, as other clubs with agreements signed at a similar time have officially announced those deals. Regardless, an announcement figures to happen in the near future given that spring training is just around the corner. The Angels\u2019 40-man roster is at capacity, so Moncada will require a corresponding move to create space. There\u2019s no indication that the Halos are planning to remove Anthony Rendon from the 40-man roster even after his contract was restructured and the club indicated that he won\u2019t be with the team this season \u2014 they\u2019ve already made multiple transactions that required 40-man moves since that revelation and have not removed him \u2014 so it seems they\u2019ll simply place him on the 60-day IL when camp opens. That will give them some mid-February flexibility, but Moncada\u2019s deal will surely be finalized before that point.<\/p>\n 2. Fan events this weekend:<\/p>\n A number of teams are hosting fan events this weekend as spring training nears and fan excitement for the coming season grows. The White Sox<\/a> will kick things off with SoxFest Live today and tomorrow, while the Braves<\/a>, Royals<\/a>, and Padres<\/a> are all hosting one-day fan events tomorrow. The Giants\u2019 Fan Fest tour<\/a> will be in Sacramento tomorrow as well, while the Mariners<\/a> will host their two-day FanFest tomorrow and Sunday. Details regarding each event\u2019s schedule, ticketing, and location can be found at the team\u2019s respective link, courtesy of MLB.com.<\/p>\n 3. Free agents linger with February on the horizon:<\/p>\n The month of February is just days away. Pitchers and catchers report in just a couple weeks. Despite that, a number of notable free agents remain unsigned. Framber Valdez<\/a>, Zac Gallen<\/a>, and Eugenio Suarez<\/a> are arguably the most impactful names still on the market, but solid mid-rotation pieces like Lucas Giolito<\/a>, Chris Bassitt<\/a>, and Justin Verlander<\/a> have also yet to sign. Will the impending arrival of spring training increase pressure to get a deal done, or will some of these players be content to continue holding out for the best deal possible? Max Scherzer<\/a>, for his part, has indicated a willingness to hold off on signing until after the season begins<\/a> in order to ensure he finds the right fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world headed into the weekend:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-447721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447721","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=447721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}