Offishial news, 12/1/23: Kyle Tyler signing; massive MLB moves coming?

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• Thursday's winter ball notes: In Venezuela, LF Javier Sanoja went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and three runs scored. He still hasn't been struck out through his first 30 plate appearances. In Puerto Rico, C Jan Mercado went 0-for-4.

• RHP Kyle Tyler is the Marlins' latest minor league signing. Tyler has a 2.20 earned run average in limited MLB experience (16.1 IP), but spent the entire 2023 season as a starter with the Mariners' Double-A Arkansas affiliate. Overall in the minors, he's got a 4.22 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 391 K in 392.2 IP (106 G/60 GS). He'll be a non-roster invitee at spring training.

• Former Marlins minor leaguer LHP Jefry Yan is having an outstanding season in the Dominican Winter League. Miami is among a handful of teams (from both MLB and NPB) expressing interest in him, per Jefferson Pozo.

• Elsewhere around baseball, Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that Shohei Ohtani's contract "will surge well beyond $500 million" in guaranteed money. A Juan Soto trade "is edging closer to becoming a reality," Passan adds.

• The Rule 5 Draft finally arrives next week. This FanPost by Hans Herrera highlights a dozen available pitchers for the Marlins to consider.

• Glenn Geffner's View from the Bleachers discusses various ways that the Marlins could find more offense this winter.

• Neil Raymond of Marlin Maniac thinks the Marlins should sign J.D. Martinez (who was also mentioned in Geffner's piece).

• The Pensacola Blue Wahoos announced start times for their 2024 regular season home games, moving up weeknight first pitches by half an hour, from 6:35 p.m. CT to 6:05 CT.

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