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San Francisco 49ers 2024 free agency tracker
This is a running analysis of the San Francisco 49ers’ moves and key departures during this season of free agency. The legal tampering window begins Monday at 9 a.m. PT and the NFL’s new league year, when teams can formally sign free agents who played elsewhere in 2023, begins on Wednesday.
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DL Arik Armstead
March 10: The 49ers are poised to move on from their longest-tenured player after the two sides could not agree to a deal to reduce Armstead’s salary, the third-highest on the team in 2024. Armstead, 30, has missed 13 games in the last two seasons and played on an injured knee in the 2023 postseason. However, the 49ers’ roster is wafer thin at defensive tackle and a reunion with Armstead is possible if he doesn’t get a better offer on the open market.
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49ers plan to release DT Arik Armstead
March 10: The 49ers agreed to a one-year deal with Bartch, who was set to become a free agent on Wednesday. The team signed Bartch, 25, off the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad at midseason and he appeared in five game (28 offensive snaps). Offensive line coach Chris Foerster said he liked Bartch’s quickness and his potential at guard and center, which is where he’ll compete with Nick Zakelj and others this offseason. Bartch suffered a serious knee injury in 2022 and Foerster said the offensive lineman still was rounding into form last season.
March 10: The New York Jets agreed to terms with Oliver on a one-year deal. The 49ers had signed Oliver last year to be their nickel cornerback, but he began to lose his grip on that role by the end of training camp. At season’s end, he was practicing a lot at safety, which is where the Jets envision him playing. The 49ers cut Oliver last month, freeing up $2.4 million in salary cap space.
March 8: The 49ers signed McKivitz, a 17-game starter at right tackle in 2023, to a one-year deal worth as much as $7 million, his agent said. That means that McKivitz, 27, is now signed through the 2025 season. This doesn’t necessarily preclude the team from making a move on a tackle in free agency or especially the draft but his extension gives San Francisco some cushion at the position.
Congrats @CMcKivitz 🎉🎉 @49ers 📈📈 #AMDG pic.twitter.com/1EYZUy3N9r
— AMDG Sports (@SportsAmdg) March 8, 2024
(Top photo of Arik Armstead: Ryan Kang / Getty Images)
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Rescuers Assist Windsurfer In Distress Under Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — First responders assisted a windsurfer in distress underneath the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday afternoon, the San Francisco Fire Department said.
Fire and rescue got the call around 4:20 p.m. about a windsurfer who was being blown out from the Bay. Rescue crews, with the help of the U.S. Coast Guard, headed out to the person, but by the time they got there, the person was OK, according to San Francisco Fire.
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UCSF breaks ground on SF Parnassus Heights campus reconstruction
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — UCSF Health formally broke ground on what it calls the hospital of the future.
On Saturday, hospital officials celebrated the start of a massive rebuild of the Parnassus Heights campus.
The plan involves building a new 15-story hospital and research center at the current site, which has been operating since the early 1900s.
The expected cost more than $4 billion.
“We’re gonna add almost 200 beds of capacity and double the size of the emergency room. This is really about serving the city of San Francisco and the region with more capacity,” said Suresh Gunasekaran, UCSF Health President and CEO.
The new hospital is scheduled to open in 2030.
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San Francisco Giants Ace Viewed as Yankees Trade Candidate
The biggest offseason move from the San Francisco Giants this year hasn’t panned out just yet. Blake Snell, the National League Cy Young Award winner in the 2023 season, has pitched in three games so far, allowing 15 earned runs in 11 2/3 innings. His 11.57 ERA is as bad as it’s ever been for the left-hander.
Snell hit the IL with an adductor strain, which could’ve been playing a factor as he couldn’t get it going on the bump. At the very least, this should allow the 31-year-old to have a rehab start, which it was clear he needed, despite saying he didn’t believe he did.
The Giants, currently 13-15, are just 4.5 games out of the National League West. If they can play the way they were expected to coming into the season when Snell returns, this is a team that has a chance to make the postseason and even win the division if everything goes right.
In a scenario where that doesn’t happen, Snell could be a potential trade candidate.
Adam Weinrib of YanksGoYard listed options for the New York Yankees after Jesus Luzardo went down with an injury, naming Snell as an option for the Yankees.
There was some interest from New York before he landed in San Francisco and if they believe he can help them at the deadline, it wouldn’t be a surprising outcome. The Yankees also have a top farm system, so trading with them could intrigue the Giants.
Snell would be back in the AL East, a division many consider the best in baseball outside of the NL West.
If Snell comes back and doesn’t look how he does, getting off that contract could be the wise thing to do from the front office’s perspective. Moving him would depend on many factors, but he needs to start being himself to warrant keeping him around if a postseason bid is out of reach by July.
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