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Prime Tales of 2024 – No. 7: Free agent Merrifield anticipated to signal a brand new deal by the weekend for the 2024 season



With 2024 winding down, Blue Jays Nation is reflecting on among the greatest tales from the positioning this previous yr. Coming in at #7, we’ve got a information article from Cam Lewis trying into Whit Merrifield and his free company timeline because the utility participant was in search of a brand new dwelling heading into the 2024 season.

Heading into mid-February, Merrifield was gaining some traction on a brand new deal and 5 groups had been reportedly inquisitive about his providers.

The Blue Jays acquired Merrifield on the 2022 MLB Commerce deadline and he spent the subsequent one and a half seasons with Toronto. By 189 video games, Merrifield posted a .274/.319/.394 slash line with a .712 OPS and 83 RBIs. He additionally added 16 dwelling runs whereas stealing 27 bases and spending most of his time cut up between second base and the nook outfield spots. The Jays declined his choice and he turned a free agent in the course of the 2023/2024 offseason.

From Lewis’s article, Merrifield remained a free agent within the days main as much as Spring Coaching and was gaining some traction halfway by way of February.

Based on MLB Community’s Jon Morosi, the 35-year-old veteran has had 5 groups categorical curiosity in signing him over the previous few days and he’s anticipated to conform to phrases with one in all them by the top of the weekend.
The three-time All-Star hit the free-agent marketplace for the primary time in his profession this winter, because the Blue Jays unsurprisingly opted to not choose up his $18 million mutual choice for the 2024 season in favour of a $500k buyout.
On February nineteenth, Merrifield locked down a one-year deal price $8 million with the Philadelphia Phillies, heading to the NL East for the primary time in his profession. His tenure with Philadelphia was short-lived, as he struggled to a .199 common and a .572 OPS throughout 156 at-bats earlier than being launched in mid-July.
Merrifield would signal a cope with the Altanta Braves 10 days later, ending the season throughout the division. The suitable-handed batter would seem in 42 video games, posting a .248/.348/.336 slash line with a .684 OPS and 4 RBIs.  He missed a while after fouling off a pitch off his left foot in opposition to the Blue Jays however didn’t land on the IL, ending the yr with a fracture on the highest of his foot. Merrifield was named to the NL Wild Card roster however didn’t seem in any video games.
The 35-year-old is as soon as once more a free agent this winter however there has not been lots of buzz surrounding the previous hit king. There’s a good likelihood a Main League staff will give him a shot this winter on a short-term deal however till among the different names come off the board, Merrifield will seemingly have to attend to discover a new staff – much like his free agent expertise final winter.



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