We’ve made it to the last weekend of the year, with things going pretty slow around baseball. We did get one splash though, with the Tigers signing Gleyber Torres yesterday to a one-year, $15-million contract. It’s hard to call an eight-figure salary a disappointment, but the deal has to be under what Torres expected, even coming off a down 2024. In any event, we hope Torres succeeds in Detroit. He posted a heartfelt message to Yankees fans and the organization on Twitter/X after news of the signing broke.

On the site today, Josh writes a personal essay, reflecting on what baseball meant in 2024. Also, Matt rolls back the clock over a century, to find a time the Yankees benefitted from the opposing team letting their pitcher take at-bat after at-bat, and Jeremy also takes us back in time, continuing our Coulda-Been series with a look at Jim Deshaies.

Questions/Prompts:

1. What’s your favorite Gleyber Torres moment from his time in pinstripes?

2. It was reported earlier this week Corbin Burnes was seeking over $245 million on the free agent market. Will he get it?