Dansby Swanson

Swanson is the remaining free agent of the four big-name shortstops on this offseason's market. Trea Turner (Phillies), Xander Bogaerts (Padres) and Carlos ...

Swanson won his first Gold Glove in 2022. The Cubs have drawn the ire of their fan base on social media after those shortstops came off the board. They were linked to that trio on various levels, and team president Jed Hoyer said at the onset of the offseason the Cubs "absolutely" wanted to compete in 2023 and would be "aggressive" this offseason.

Swanson was the last of the top free agent shortstops to sign this offseason.

It's possible [Seiya Suzuki](/mlb/players/27023012/seiya-suzuki/) makes gains in his second full MLB season, but otherwise, as things stand, the Cubs would be counting on Bellinger and Swanson to improve the group that lost Contreras' production. [Arizona Diamondbacks](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/ARI/arizona-diamondbacks/), though they traded him to this hometown [Atlanta Braves](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/ATL/atlanta-braves/) six months later in the ill-fated [Shelby Miller](/mlb/players/1739603/shelby-miller/) deal. If Grissom struggles, [Orlando Arcia](/mlb/players/2041500/orlando-arcia/) is another in-house option to play short. The other top free agent shortstops -- [Xander Bogaerts](/mlb/players/1945481/xander-bogaerts/), [Carlos Correa](/mlb/players/2000028/carlos-correa/), and [Trea Turner](/mlb/players/2135249/trea-turner/) -- all signed earlier this offseason. [Vaughn Grissom](/mlb/players/3168248/vaughn-grissom/) will probably take over at shortstop barring any other moves. [Nico Hoerner](/mlb/players/2942984/nico-hoerner/) likely moves to second base, where he 68 games of [MLB](/mlb/) experience. [Dansby Swanson](/mlb/players/2184343/dansby-swanson/) and the [Chicago Cubs](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/CHC/chicago-cubs/) have agreed on a seven-year, $177 million deal, [reports Russell Dorsey of Bally Sports](https://twitter.com/russ_dorsey1/status/1604225963268661248?s=46&t=FKUuRfiKxKSd21WO8YPu-Q). With the shift being limited next season, this should be a strong plus for the Cubs. The risk here is that Swanson's strikeout rate will balloon as he ages and loses bat speed, but his power and defense should give him a solid base to work from. In addition to launching 62 home runs since 2020, the third-most among everyday shortstops, he's hit for a roughly league-average or better OPS in each of the last three seasons. Swanson checked in 120th out of the 130 batters who qualified for a batting title in contact rate and the only shortstops to whiff more frequently last season were Javier Báez and He slashed .277/.329/.447 with 25 home runs, and a big jump in defensive stats allowed him to post a career best 5.7 WAR.

The Cubs are “very close” to a deal with shortstop Dansby Swanson, and are expected to finalize the deal shortly, NBC Sports Chicago's David Kaplan reports ...

[Orlando Arcia](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arciaor01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral) is on hand as a veteran backup and you can never rule Anthopoulos out from another headline-grabbing move for another shortstop, but it appears as though the Braves are hoping Grissom can become the latest homegrown prospect to make an immediate impact at the big league level. While it was generally expected that Swanson would receive the smallest contract (relatively speaking) of the “big four” shortstops, the average annual values of the four players ended up all falling within a $2MM range, as the longer-term deals signed by Bogaerts, Correa, and Turner helped lessen the AAV and subsequent luxury tax hit. [projected](https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/mlb-trade-rumors-top-50-free-agents-predictions-2022-23.html) Swanson for a seven-year, $154MM deal, so that prediction at least came closer to expectations than Bogaerts’ 11-year/$280MM deal with San Diego, Correa’s 13-year/$350MM pact with San Francisco, or even the 11 years and $300MM Turner got from the Phillies. This left less focus on Swanson, as Atlanta reportedly made him an offer in the neighborhood of six years and $100MM before the offseason began, and ever since, [MLB.com’s Mark Bowman](https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/braves-rumors-dansby-swanson-no-talks-negotiations.html) wrote that the two sides “haven’t had any legit negotiations.” [Brad Boxberger](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boxbebr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral), Chicago has spent a little over $265MM on guaranteed free agent deals this offseason. While time will tell if the Braves made the right decision in moving on from Swanson, it’s hard to accuse the club of being tight-fisted, given how they’re already on pace for a team-record $196.5MM payroll and are close to the luxury tax threshold for the first time. Some reports [even suggested](https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/cubs-have-met-with-carlos-correa-at-winter-meetings.html) that Chicago could sign two of the shortstops, with an eye towards moving one player to another position (a la the Rangers inking both [Corey Seager](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seageco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral) and [Marcus Semien](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/semiema01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral) last winter). [Dansby Swanson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swansda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral), and are expected to finalize the deal shortly, NBC Sports Chicago’s David Kaplan reports ( [via Twitter](https://twitter.com/thekapman/status/1604221845292597249)). Initial reports indicated that Correa and Bogaerts were the Cubs’ top options of the group, but during the Winter Meetings, Swanson began to emerge as “perhaps their most realistic target at shortstop,” in the words of [The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal](https://theathletic.com/3980046/2022/12/07/mlb-free-agency-rumors-correa/). [Jason Heyward](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heywaja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)’s eight-year, $184MM pact from the 2015-16 offseason. Turner signed with the Phillies, Bogaerts with the Padres, Correa with the Giants, and now Swanson will head to Wrigleyville to join the third different organization of his pro career. Between Hoerner and Swanson, the Cubs now have one of the very best defensive middle infields in baseball, which will be particularly important in 2023 given the new rules limiting defensive shifts.

It appears that for the second straight season, the Atlanta Braves have lost another key player to free agency. ESPN's Jeff Passan reports that Dansby ...

Swanson made his major league debut with the Braves in 2016. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that Dansby Swanson is finalizing an agreement with the [Chicago Cubs](https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/). Swanson waited out Trea Turner, Carlos Correa and Xander Bogaerts signing for huge money deals. Swanson appeared in all 162 games while hitting .277/.329/.447 with 25 home runs and a 116 wRC+. There had been very few updates of contact between the two sides. He also put together the best defensive season of his career and nearly doubled his previous career-high with 6.4 fWAR.

A year and a half after they stripped the payroll by trading away Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez, the Cubs are signing free agent shortstop Dansby ...

He should be ready to step into the role as Hoyer steps up his efforts to build a contending team around him. The Swanson deal is the sixth largest this off-season in terms of both total value and length. But Swanson will carry a bigger load in resurrecting a lineup that was 11th with only 4.06 runs scored per game. Some wondered if the Ricketts family was still willing to swim in the deep end but the Swanson signing answers that question. Tom Ricketts and President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer are giving Swanson the second-biggest contract in team history — behind Jason Heyward’s eight-year, $184 million deal — despite already having a shortstop whose value was judged to be 4.5 rWAR last season. Swanson, the last of four top-tier shortstops still on the market, was being widely pursued by teams that had missed signing Carlos Correa, Trea Turner and Xander Bogaerts.

De acuerdo con una persona que tiene conocimiento del trato, el campocorto Dansby Swanson firma con los Cachorros de Chicago por siete años y 177 millones ...

Mientras que Atlanta logró firmar a algunas de sus jóvenes estrellas a acuerdos a largo plazo y beneficiosos para el equipo, no pudo hacer lo mismo con Swanson. Tuvo un promedio de bateo de .248, con 27 jonrones y 88 remolcadas en 2021 para ayudar a Atlanta a ganar su primer campeonato de la Serie Mundial desde 1995. Fue el último de los cuatro en elegir equipo.

Los Chicago Cubs y el campocorto Dansby Swanson están finalizando un acuerdo sobre un contrato, dijeron fuentes a Jeff Passan de ESPN el sábado.

Swanson ganó un título con los [Atlanta Braves](/beisbol/mlb/equipo/_/nombre/atl/atlanta-braves) en 2021. Chicago se encuentra en medio de una rápida reorganización después de dividir su equipo de la Serie Mundial de 2016. Después de conectar 27 jonrones, el máximo de su carrera en 2021, siguió con 25 jonrones la temporada pasada mientras impulsaba 96.