MLB: Three mid-profile shortstop left in free agency market

With the Venezuelan Freddy ‘Toco’ Galvis going to Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan, that creates more opportunities for shortstop players like the one from Curaçao, Andrelton Simmons, the Cuban José Iglesias or the Dominican Jonathan Villar Find regular jobs with MLB teams that miss Correa / Story or can’t afford it in the first place.

Most of the headlines about the offseason shortstop market have naturally focused on the superstars available in free agency, and Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Javier Báez and Chris Taylor are already finding new teams with Texas. first), Detroit and Los Angeles Dodgers, in that order:

Puerto Rico’s Carlos Correa and Trevor Story remain among the big names, and some clubs can wait to see where those two sign before all attention can turn to the next level of shortstop available.

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Interestingly, Galvis replaced Cuban José Iglesias, another veteran whom the Orioles signed in free agency. Galvis has long been a starting shortstop in the MLB, from his early days with the Philadelphia Phillies to last season with the same club.


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I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and within days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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MLB: Three mid-profile shortstop left in free agency market