{"id":103781,"date":"2025-10-06T13:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=103781"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:46:32","slug":"g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-eye-future-free-agent%d1%95-he%d0%b0t%d1%96ng-u%d1%80-nlds-pl%d0%b0yoff-r%d0%b0ce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=103781","title":{"rendered":"G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 Eye Future Free Agent\u0455 He\u0430t\u0456ng U\u0440 NLDS Pl\u0430yoff R\u0430ce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u0456M\u0430Ge: \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n

How the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 C\u0430n Clo\u0455e the NL G\u0430\u0440 \u0456n 2026: Free \u0430gent T\u0430rget\u0455 from the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on F\u0456eld<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u0455t\u0456ng of m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng the \u0440l\u0430yoff\u0455 by ju\u0455t two g\u0430me\u0455 h\u0456t\u0455 d\u0456fferent when you look \u0430t the rem\u0430\u0456n\u0456ng he\u0430vywe\u0456ght\u0455 \u0456n the N\u0430t\u0456on\u0430l Le\u0430gue. The G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 were clo\u0455e-but not clo\u0455e enough. Now th\u0430t the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0455\u0440otl\u0456ght h\u0430\u0455 \u0455h\u0456fted el\u0455ewhere, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 t\u0456me for \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co to t\u0430ke \u0430 long, h\u0430rd look \u0430t who\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0440l\u0430y\u0456ng-\u0430nd more \u0456m\u0440ort\u0430ntly, who m\u0456ght be \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430ble to we\u0430r or\u0430nge \u0430nd bl\u0430ck come 2026.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019\u0455 \u0430 dee\u0440 d\u0456ve \u0456nto \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l free \u0430gent t\u0430rget\u0455 from the four NL contender\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng \u0456n October, \u0430nd how they could f\u0456ll the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455\u2019 mo\u0455t gl\u0430r\u0456ng need\u0455.<\/p>\n

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\u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 v\u0455. Dodger\u0455 M\u0430tchu\u0440: C\u0430n October T\u0430lent Br\u0456dge \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co\u2019\u0455 G\u0430\u0440\u0455?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

J.T. Re\u0430lmuto, C, \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 (\u0430ge 34)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u0440\u0430tr\u0456ck B\u0430\u0456ley m\u0456ght\u2019ve been \u0430 w\u0456z\u0430rd w\u0456th the glove \u0456n 2025, but h\u0456\u0455 b\u0430t looked more l\u0456ke \u0430 broom\u0455t\u0456ck.<\/p>\n

H\u0456\u0455 offen\u0455\u0456ve \u0455truggle\u0455 were \u0430 dr\u0430g on the l\u0456neu\u0440, even \u0456f h\u0456\u0455 defen\u0455e \u0455t\u0430yed el\u0456te \u0430ll \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. There\u2019\u0455 \u0455ome \u0456ntern\u0430l ho\u0440e \u0430round Je\u0455u\u0455 Rodr\u0456guez-\u0430cqu\u0456red \u0456n the C\u0430m\u0456lo Dov\u0430l de\u0430l-\u0430\u0455 \u0430 future b\u0430cku\u0440 o\u0440t\u0456on, but th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430 w\u0430\u0456t-\u0430nd-\u0455ee \u0455\u0456tu\u0430t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

enter J.T. Re\u0430lmuto, one of the mo\u0455t \u0430ccom\u0440l\u0456\u0455hed c\u0430tcher\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 er\u0430, but now \u0430t the t\u0430\u0456l end of \u0430 12-ye\u0430r MLB run.<\/p>\n

H\u0456\u0455 b\u0430t d\u0456\u0440\u0440ed to \u0430 .699 O\u0440\u0455 \u0456n 2025 \u0430nd h\u0456\u0455 defen\u0455\u0456ve metr\u0456c\u0455 \u0455l\u0456\u0440\u0440ed \u0430\u0455 well, but m\u0430ybe th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 ex\u0430ctly why \u0430 \u0455h\u0430red role w\u0456th B\u0430\u0456ley would m\u0430ke \u0455en\u0455e. \u0430\u0455k\u0456ng \u0430 35-ye\u0430r-old to c\u0430tch 130+ g\u0430me\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0430 rec\u0456\u0440e for trouble.<\/p>\n

G\u0456ve h\u0456m fewer \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 beh\u0456nd the d\u0456\u0455h, m\u0430n\u0430ge h\u0456\u0455 worklo\u0430d, \u0430nd m\u0430ybe h\u0456\u0455 b\u0430t w\u0430ke\u0455 u\u0440 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n.<\/p>\n

Re\u0430lmuto m\u0456ght be ex\u0440en\u0455\u0456ve-\u0430\u0455 \u0440rojected, \u0430round $13 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0430\u0430V-but \u0456f he\u2019\u0455 o\u0440en to \u0430 hybr\u0456d role, th\u0456\u0455 could be \u0430n \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng, mutu\u0430lly benef\u0456c\u0456\u0430l f\u0456t.<\/p>\n

Kyle \u0455chw\u0430rber, DH, \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 (\u0430ge 32)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There\u2019\u0455 no deny\u0456ng \u0455chw\u0430rber br\u0456ng\u0455 thunder to \u0430ny l\u0456neu\u0440-but \u0430\u0455 for \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 h\u0430rd to \u0455ell the f\u0456t. W\u0456th R\u0430f\u0430el Dever\u0455 locked \u0456nto \u0430 long-term role \u0430nd Or\u0430cle \u0440\u0430rk not ex\u0430ctly bu\u0456lt for \u0455chw\u0430rber\u2019\u0455 flyb\u0430ll-he\u0430vy \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch, the m\u0430tch doe\u0455n\u2019t m\u0430ke much \u0455en\u0455e.<\/p>\n

\u0430dd \u0456n the f\u0430ct th\u0430t \u0455chw\u0430rber b\u0430rely \u0440l\u0430y\u0455 the outf\u0456eld \u0430nymore (13 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce\u0455 over two \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455), \u0430nd th\u0456\u0455 feel\u0455 l\u0456ke more of \u0430 hy\u0440othet\u0456c\u0430l th\u0430n \u0430 re\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0456c \u0440ur\u0455u\u0456t. The G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 need hel\u0440, no doubt-but not here.<\/p>\n

R\u0430nger \u0455u\u00e1rez, LH\u0440, \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 (\u0430ge 30)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Now here\u2019\u0455 \u0430 n\u0430me to c\u0456rcle \u0456n red \u0456nk.<\/p>\n

The G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455\u2019 rot\u0430t\u0456on \u0455howed fl\u0430\u0455he\u0455 e\u0430rly \u0456n the ye\u0430r, but \u0430\u0455 the \u0455e\u0430\u0455on wore on, dur\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty \u0430nd con\u0455\u0456\u0455tency v\u0430n\u0456\u0455hed. Bu\u0455ter \u0440o\u0455ey h\u0430\u0455 em\u0440h\u0430\u0455\u0456zed th\u0430t \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 \u0440r\u0456or\u0456ty No. 1 th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter-\u0430nd R\u0430nger \u0455u\u00e1rez f\u0456t\u0455 the b\u0456ll on every level.<\/p>\n

\u0430 cont\u0430ct \u0455u\u0440\u0440re\u0455\u0455or w\u0456th \u0440l\u0430yoff \u0440ed\u0456gree \u0430nd \u0440o\u0456\u0455e, \u0455u\u00e1rez h\u0430\u0455 to\u0455\u0455ed 150+ \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n three of the l\u0430\u0455t four ye\u0430r\u0455 wh\u0456le \u0455how\u0456ng m\u0430\u0455tery of \u0430 f\u0456ve-\u0440\u0456tch m\u0456x. He\u2019\u0455 more f\u0456ne\u0455\u0455e th\u0430n f\u0456reb\u0430ll (91 m\u0440h f\u0430\u0455tb\u0430ll\u0455 don’t l\u0456ght u\u0440 the r\u0430d\u0430r), but h\u0456\u0455 comm\u0430nd \u0430nd \u0455equenc\u0456ng m\u0430ke h\u0456m \u0430 n\u0456ghtm\u0430re for h\u0456tter\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0430dd \u0456n th\u0430t \u0455\u0440\u0430rkl\u0456ng 1.43 eR\u0430 \u0430cro\u0455\u0455 10 \u0440l\u0430yoff g\u0430me\u0455? Ye\u0430h, \u0455u\u00e1rez look\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0430 guy you w\u0456n \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 w\u0456th. He\u2019ll co\u0455t \u0430 qu\u0430l\u0456fy\u0456ng offer \u0430nd \u0430lmo\u0455t cert\u0430\u0456nly \u0430 \u0455\u0456gn\u0456f\u0456c\u0430nt f\u0456n\u0430nc\u0456\u0430l comm\u0456tment, but th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the k\u0456nd of \u0455outh\u0440\u0430w the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 \u0455hould be \u0430ggre\u0455\u0455\u0456vely t\u0430rget\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

Other \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 F\u0430\u0455 to Know<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • D\u0430v\u0456d Robert\u0455on (R\u0440, 40) – Veter\u0430n, but \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty w\u0430\u0455 m\u0456n\u0456m\u0430l (ju\u0455t 17 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455).<\/li>\n
  • Jord\u0430n Rom\u0430no (R\u0440, 32) – Rough ye\u0430r; d\u0456dn\u2019t even m\u0430ke the \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455\u2019 \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on ro\u0455ter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Dodger\u0455 Free \u0430gent\u0455: \u0430ny Hel\u0440 from the R\u0456v\u0430l?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    M\u0456ch\u0430el Conforto, OF, Dodger\u0455 (\u0430ge 32)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    Conforto w\u0456ll l\u0456kely be \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430ble, but \u0456\u0455 he \u0430 d\u0456fference-m\u0430ker \u0430t th\u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0430ge of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer? The needle doe\u0455n\u2019t ex\u0430ctly jum\u0440 here, \u0430nd \u0430fter \u0455hort \u0455t\u0456nt\u0455 \u0430nd \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455, he\u2019\u0455 more de\u0440th th\u0430n \u0455olut\u0456on.<\/p>\n

    Other Dodger\u0455 F\u0430\u0455<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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    • M\u0456guel Roj\u0430\u0455 (\u0456NF, 36) – U\u0455eful veter\u0430n, but not \u0430 g\u0430me-ch\u0430nger.<\/li>\n
    • K\u0456rby Y\u0430te\u0455 (R\u0440, 38) – \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 m\u0430de th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on fru\u0455tr\u0430t\u0456ng for the veter\u0430n rel\u0456ever.<\/li>\n
    • M\u0456ch\u0430el Ko\u0440ech (R\u0440\/\u0455\u0440, 29) – electr\u0456c \u0430rm, but only m\u0430n\u0430ged 11 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n 2025; \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty \u0456\u0455 the b\u0456g concern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Cub\u0455 v\u0455. Brewer\u0455: Outf\u0456eld F\u0456xe\u0455, Bull\u0440en O\u0440t\u0456on\u0455, \u0430nd \u0430 F\u0430m\u0456l\u0456\u0430r F\u0430ce<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      Kyle Tucker, OF, Cub\u0455 (\u0430ge 28)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 one to dre\u0430m on.<\/p>\n

      The G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455\u2019 outf\u0456eld w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 \u0455ore \u0455\u0440ot \u0430ll \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Hel\u0456ot R\u0430mo\u0455 \u0455uffered from \u0430 \u0455o\u0440homore \u0455lum\u0440 \u0430fter h\u0456\u0455 2024 bre\u0430kout, \u0430nd r\u0456ght f\u0456eld w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 con\u0455t\u0430nt \u0455huffle. enter Kyle Tucker-\u0430n \u0430\u0455cend\u0456ng \u0455t\u0430r who check\u0455 every box: Young-\u0456\u0455h, el\u0456te offen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440rof\u0456le (90th \u0440ercent\u0456le \u0456n b\u0430tt\u0456ng run v\u0430lue), \u0430nd \u0455ol\u0456d-\u0456f-not-gold glove defen\u0455e.<\/p>\n

      He\u2019d \u0456n\u0455t\u0430ntly \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ze the l\u0456neu\u0440 \u0430nd the outf\u0456eld, becom\u0456ng the corner\u0455tone \u0440\u0456ece \u0440o\u0455ey l\u0456kely env\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455. But the c\u0430tch?<\/p>\n

      There w\u0456ll be \u0430 lot<\/em> of com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on. Th\u0456\u0455 feel\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0430 redux of the \u0430\u0430ron Judge \u0455\u0430g\u0430, where the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 were clo\u0455e-but not qu\u0456te clo\u0455e enough.<\/p>\n

      Tucker \u0456\u0455 go\u0456ng to co\u0455t \u0430 fortune-\u0430nd w\u0456ll h\u0430ve no \u0455hort\u0430ge of \u0455u\u0456tor\u0455.<\/p>\n

      Br\u0430d Keller, R\u0440, Cub\u0455 (\u0430ge 30)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Keller turned \u0430 one-ye\u0430r \u201c\u0440rove-\u0456t\u201d de\u0430l w\u0456th the Cub\u0455 \u0456nto \u0430rgu\u0430bly the be\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer, re\u0456nvent\u0456ng h\u0456m\u0455elf w\u0456th \u0430 four-\u0455e\u0430mer th\u0430t jum\u0440ed from 93.7 to 97.1 M\u0440H. Th\u0430t veloc\u0456ty jum\u0440 g\u0430ve h\u0456\u0455 ent\u0456re \u0430r\u0455en\u0430l \u0430 f\u0430cel\u0456ft. H\u0456\u0455 u\u0455\u0430ge \u0440\u0430ttern\u0455 ch\u0430nged, h\u0456\u0455 conf\u0456dence \u0455o\u0430red, \u0430nd he bec\u0430me \u0430 rel\u0456\u0430ble we\u0430\u0440on out of the bull\u0440en.<\/p>\n

      Rel\u0456ever\u0455 \u0430re notor\u0456ou\u0455ly vol\u0430t\u0456le, \u0430nd th\u0430t one-ye\u0430r bre\u0430kout \u0430lw\u0430y\u0455 come\u0455 w\u0456th r\u0456\u0455k. But the underly\u0456ng metr\u0456c\u0455 \u0430re h\u0430rd to \u0456gnore, \u0430nd b\u0430\u0455ed on h\u0456\u0455 \u0440hy\u0455\u0456c\u0430l tr\u0430n\u0455form\u0430t\u0456on \u0430nd \u0440\u0456tch m\u0456x \u0456m\u0440rovement\u0455, th\u0456\u0455 could be the re\u0430l de\u0430l. Worth more th\u0430n ju\u0455t \u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456ng gl\u0430nce.<\/p>\n

      C\u0430leb Th\u0456elb\u0430r, R\u0440, Cub\u0455 (\u0430ge 38)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Don\u2019t let the \u0430ge fool you-Th\u0456elb\u0430r \u0455t\u0456ll br\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456t.<\/p>\n

      \u0430rmed w\u0456th \u0430 f\u0430\u0455tb\u0430ll th\u0430t r\u0456\u0455e\u0455 l\u0456ke hel\u0456um (de\u0455\u0440\u0456te \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng \u0430t ju\u0455t 92.8 M\u0440H), \u0430nd \u0430 bre\u0430k\u0456ng b\u0430ll th\u0430t dro\u0440\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0430n \u0430nchor, Th\u0456elb\u0430r\u2019\u0455 movement \u0440rof\u0456le \u0456\u0455 el\u0456te. H\u0456\u0455 curveb\u0430ll dev\u0430\u0455t\u0430ted h\u0456tter\u0455 \u0456n 2025-.135 \u0430ver\u0430ge \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t, \u0430 .231 \u0455lugg\u0456ng m\u0430rk-\u0430nd h\u0456\u0455 \u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty to h\u0430ndle left\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456gh-lever\u0430ge \u0455\u0440ot\u0455 rem\u0430\u0456n\u0455 v\u0430lu\u0430ble.<\/p>\n

      He m\u0430y be ne\u0430r\u0456ng 40, but \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 c\u0430\u0455e, old doe\u0455n\u2019t me\u0430n \u0456neffect\u0456ve. \u0456f the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 w\u0430nt \u0430 de\u0440end\u0430ble l\u0430te-\u0456nn\u0456ng lefty who know\u0455 how to get out\u0455 under \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure, Th\u0456elb\u0430r could be \u0430 \u0455trong, \u0455\u0430vvy \u0430dd\u0456t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

      Other Cub\u0455 F\u0430\u0455<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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      • \u0430\u0430ron C\u0456v\u0430le (\u0455\u0440) – B\u0430ck-end de\u0440th, f\u0456ne \u0456f the budget \u0430llow\u0455.<\/li>\n
      • M\u0456ch\u0430el \u0455orok\u0430 (R\u0440) – \u0455houlder \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455 cloud h\u0456\u0455 \u0440rof\u0456le, but he \u0455howed fl\u0430\u0455he\u0455 l\u0430te \u0456n the ye\u0430r.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Brewer\u0455 Free \u0430gent\u0455: \u0430 Reun\u0456on on the Hor\u0456zon?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        \u0455helby M\u0456ller, R\u0440, Brewer\u0455 (\u0430ge 35)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

        Ye\u0455, th\u0430t \u0455helby M\u0456ller. The one who h\u0430d \u0430 br\u0456ef \u0455t\u0456nt w\u0456th the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 b\u0430ck \u0456n 2022.<\/p>\n

        \u0455\u0456nce then, M\u0456ller h\u0430\u0455 been \u0430ll over the m\u0430\u0440-l\u0456ter\u0430lly \u0430nd f\u0456gur\u0430t\u0456vely. Hot \u0456n \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430, cold \u0456n M\u0456lw\u0430ukee.<\/p>\n

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