The Astros pick up two relievers who should add some credibility to the team’s late-inning efforts.
While the rest of the league is futzing around, the Pirates lock up their third starter of the winter.
The Royals might be going after Upton, the A’s might be going after somebody, and the Nationals are holding out for Odor.
Yet another AL team plucks a middle-of-the-order hitter from Oakland.
Dan Duquette’s been fielding unsolicited calls for his reliable no. 3, while the Diamondbacks owners reportedly nixed a done deal.
A bad breakup might not keep the Giants and Melky from getting back together, while another team is in the Headley sweepstakes.
The Mariners swap Michael Saunders for J.A. Happ in a trade that was preceded by a beef, and might itself precede another trade.
Or, at least, in the past 25 years.
Los Angeles gets in on the Lester chase, while Andrew Miller has plenty of (non-Dodger) pursuers.
Could Nick Markakis’ contract demands end his time in Baltimore? Meanwhile, the Rockies might be shopping their young starting catcher.
Will the Twins get anything more than a memory tour from Torii Hunter?
The view from the other side of the reporting process.
The offers on the table for Jon Lester, the lefty who might be many teams’ Plan B, and the Astros’ ninth-inning options.
With whom will the A’s next blockbuster be? And one team drops out of the Headley chase.
Two years after an anomalous bottoming out came the anomalous career year for baseball’s next $100 million free agent.
Headley could benefit from Ramirez and Sandoval coming off the market, Lester is still expected to end up back in Boston, and the Rays might be zeroing in on a skipper.