MLB en bref : Tarik Skubal à la Classique mondiale | Matt Strahm échangé?

All-Star Game starters ✅
Cy Young winners ✅
WBC teammates ✅

Tarik Skubal will join Paul Skenes on Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Ima7zCDHx9

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) December 18, 2025

The Blue Jays received 24% of the $128.2m players' pool for post-season revenues (the Dodgers received 36%).

They gave out 70 full shares, each worth $354,118 (the Dodgers handed out 82 full shares at $484,747).

The players pool total just shy of last year's record $129m.

— Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) December 18, 2025

We are days away from Munetaka Murakami's posting window closing, could we see him sign with a small to mid market team?

🔗 https://t.co/fGPbvbj8w4 pic.twitter.com/Dq2U8UMWPB

— MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) December 18, 2025

“The best available [left-hander] is Matt Strahm, who is likely to be traded by Philadelphia.”

–@JeffPassan pic.twitter.com/2FFOcKWQ7z

— Phillies Tailgate (@PhilsTailgate) December 18, 2025

The #SFGiants have “checked in” on #Cubs INF Nico Hoerner, per @susanslusser pic.twitter.com/yNrkzrW7GT

— MLB Deadline News (@MLBDeadlineNews) December 18, 2025

First baseman Tyler Austin and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a one-year major league deal, sources tell ESPN. Austin, 34, is a former top Yankees prospect who has been a star in Japan for the last half-decade, hitting .293/.377/.568 for the Yokohama Bay Stars.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 18, 2025