NALB - 2025 Offseason/Preseason
July 25, 2025 Filed in: Baseball
Here were some notable roster moves prior to the 2025 NALB season.
The Brooklyn Knights had the following offseason/preseason activity:
Notable contract extensions:
Notable offseason free agent signings:
Notable offseason trades:
The Brooklyn Knights had the following offseason/preseason activity:
- Extended the contracts of nine players through salary arbitration: RF Dick Gosden, SP Takanobu Kishita, SS Frank Brunson, 2B Estevan Portillo, 3B Dave Crayton, RP Armando Alfaro, RP Niklaus Durante, CF Clement Barrows, and 2B Don Hartz
- RP Norman Forbes, RP Jesús Montufar, 1B Ramon Alconer, and LF Milburn Hutchison filed for free agency.
- Signed international amateur CF John Parham out of Mexico to a minor league contract.
- Lost SS Mike O'Cannahan in the Rule 5 Draft to the Dayton Grizzlies.
- Signed international amateur C Regis Vanali out of Venezuela to a minor league contract.
- Signed international amateur CF Elliott Ekdar out of Canada to a minor league contract.
- Signed international amateur SS Juan Montóñez out of Mexico to a minor league contract with a $212,000 signing bonus.
- Signed international amateur CL Tajo Durán out of Puerto Rico to a minor league contract with a $153,000 signing bonus.
- Signed international amateur SP Jamal Linje out of South Africa to a minor league contract.
Notable contract extensions:
- Richmond Slam: Signed SP Lyndon Coulombe to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $7,600,000.
- Stade Maples: Signed CL Berto Sarzoza to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $20,100,000.
- St. James Crusaders: Signed CL Javier Soto to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $7,360,000.
- Vancouver Wild: Signed RP Matt Genge to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $10,800,000.
Notable offseason free agent signings:
- Cornfield Axemen: Signed free agent 3B Lariel Gómez to a 2-year contract worth a total of $12,900,000.
- Cornfield Axemen: Signed free agent RP Jesús Montufar to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,680,000.
- Key West Corals: Signed free agent C Pedro González to a 6-year contract worth a total of $25,800,000.
- Key West Corals: Signed free agent 3B Rich Andrews to a 4-year contract worth a total of $36,400,000.
- Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent LF Chris Lee to a 5-year contract worth a total of $32,000,000.
- Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent SP Heath MacKissock to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,720,000.
- Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent LF Oscar Barrientes to a 3-year contract worth a total of $16,900,000.
- Nashville Firecats: Signed free agent 2B Dave Groot to a 4-year contract worth a total of $47,600,000.
- Phoenix Rattlers: Signed free agent SP Dave Kirby to a 4-year contract worth a total of $21,620,000.
- Quebeck Sky Chiefs: Signed free agent LF Sancho Malclonado to a 5-year contract worth a total of $41,200,000.
- Quebeck Sky Chiefs: Signed free agent RF Sozen Shimizu to a 6-year contract worth a total of $55,800,000.
- Stade Maples: Signed free agent 1B Kurt Johnson to a 2-year contract worth a total of $10,400,000.
- St. Rock Mudcats: Signed free agent RP Daniel Doble to a 3-year contract worth a total of $16,200,000.
- Vancouver Wild: Signed free agent RP Ximen Palmeiro to a 3-year contract worth a total of $52,800,000.
- Washington Allies: Signed free agent RF Pat West to a 5-year contract worth a total of $15,880,000.
Notable offseason trades:
- The Nashville Firecats traded 22-year old RHP Ralph Lindner, 21-year old minor league 1B Adrian Debaga, 21-year old minor league RHP Tim Andrade, 24-year old RF Michael Burgess, and a 3rd round draft pick to the Quebeck Sky Chiefs, getting 26-year old LHP Bryan Murphy in return.
- The Richmond Slam traded 23-year old minor league RF Durant Watson and 21-year old minor league C Danny Blair to the Dunedin Otters, getting 30-year old RHP Tim Sanders in return.
- The Richmond Slam traded 20-year old minor league LF Ichiro Yamakura and 24-year old minor league C Tommy Boggis to the Dunedin Otters, getting 28-year old RHP Erasmo Glade and $20,000 in cash in return.
- The Luisville Beasts traded 19-year old minor league LHP Donzel García and 24-year old minor league 1B Collin Picklesimer to the Key West Corals, getting 38-year old C Matthew Loy in return.
- The Nashville Firecats traded 24-year old minor league 2B Cayden Killingsworth, 23-year old minor league LHP Mark Willing, and a 4th round draft pick to the Washington Allies, getting 36-year old RHP David Bracy (retaining 10%) and $90,000 in cash in return.
- The Key West Corals traded 32-year old RHP Matt Genge (retaining 50%) and $60,000 in cash to the Vancouver Wild, getting 20-year old minor league LHP Glendon López and 21-year old minor league LHP Bruno Costello in return.
- The Dunedin Otters traded 23-year old minor league 1B José Quintanilla and 19-year old minor league 2B Palbán Valle to the Dayton Grizzlies, getting 29-year old LHP Jade Pradia in return.
- The St. James Crusaders traded 19-year old minor league RHP Álex Arciliares, 21-year old minor league RF Amado Cruz, and 23-year old minor league RHP Ben Verde to the Vancouver Wild, getting 36-year old RHP Thornton Peters (retaining 40%) and $120,000 in cash in return.