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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB winter meetings preview: Trade rumors, Ohtani news, more — Finally, after a month of relative inaction, Major League Baseball's offseason is primed to pop off. Over the next few weeks, executives and agents expect a deluge of free agent signings and big-name trades.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nightengale's notebook: 10 questions heading into MLB's winter meetings — NASHVILLE, Tenn. − Christmas trees are everywhere, wreaths are hung, carolers singing, and there are enough bright lights to illuminate a small country. — But no matter where you look at the 3.3 million square foot complex …
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The Athletic, ClutchPoints, Bleacher Nation, MLB Trade Rumors and NBC Sports Chicago
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Shohei Ohtani could become $600 million man as free agency bidding intensifies — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is believed to already have received multiple bids well north of $500 million, and some speculate he could even wind up as baseball's first $600 million man — or come close, at least.
Discussion:
NBC Sports Bay Area …, MLB Trade Rumors and ClutchPoints
Jack Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Waiting game: Why the Dodgers' winter plans hinge on Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto — About a month into free agency, a de facto waiting game is underway — for both the Dodgers, and many other clubs around Major League Baseball. — In what has been a quiet offseason around the league …
Kevin Acee / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Juan Soto, starters atop Padres' agenda as winter meetings set to begin — With many additions needed and limits to spending power, Padres seem almost certain to trade Juan Soto — and probably soon — The Padres let Nick Martinez go over what essentially was $3 million per year when compared to the deal he agreed to with the Reds.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors, The Seattle Times, ClutchPoints, Gaslamp Ball, Lookout Landing, Covering the Corner, Forbes and The Athletic
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Andy Martino / SNY:
Sources: Momentum stalls — for now at least — on Yankees/Padres Juan Soto talks — Yanks believe Padres are asking too much for one-year rental player — POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY — MORE FROM SNY — Meier back in Devils lineup; Hamilton, Nosek out indefinitely
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New York Post, ClutchPoints, Pinstripe Alley, Bleacher Nation and Bleacher Report
The Athletic:
In Juan Soto trade talks, Yankees and Padres far apart but Blue Jays are suitors: Sources — As of Friday afternoon, the Yankees and Padres were far apart on a deal involving outfielder Juan Soto, according to sources briefed on the discussions. The negotiations are not taking place in a vacuum.
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Where Yankees stand in push to land both Juan Soto and Yoshinobu Yamamoto — The Yankees' currently are focused on two top targets - Juan Soto and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. — They have relatively high hopes for both - although there's much more competition for Yamamoto.
Charlie Goldsmith / Cincinnati.com:
'Everyone knows we're supposed to be good.' The Reds are embracing new expectations — Cincinnati Reds infielder Matt McLain lives in the Phoenix area in the offseason, but he didn't make the drive downtown during October to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks in the World Series.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions: Nov. 7-28, 2023 — A recounting of minor league transactions, conveyed by MLB, for the period Nov. 7-28, 2023. — Arizona Diamondbacks — Signed: RHP Humberto Castellanos, RHP Ricky Karcher, RHP Francisco Morales — Signed for 2024: RHP Fabian Perez
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors and Redleg Nation
Andrew Mearns / Pinstripe Alley:
Yankees claim Guardians outfielder Oscar Gonzalez — The 2022 Cleveland cult hero is heading to New York. — The Yankees have acquired an outfielder from another organization. No, it isn't the possible Juan Soto trade that everyone is dreaming about. Instead, it's righty hitter Oscar Gonzalez of the Cleveland Guardians.
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Associated Press, Bleeding Yankee Blue, New York Post, MLB.com, New York Daily News, MLB Trade Rumors and Yahoo Sports
The Athletic:
The secrecy of Shohei Ohtani's free agency starts with the man and agency behind him — The instructions were clear. The repercussions were not. But no baseball executives involved in Nez Balelo's highly structured process wanted to risk finding out the price of disobedience.
Discussion:
NBC Sports Bay Area … and Wall Street Journal
