Dodgers' tax bill comes due at record $43.7 million  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers will pay a record $43.7 million luxury tax penalty after finishing the 2015 season with the largest payroll in baseball history at $298.3 million, according to salary information obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Dodgers Avoid Arbitration With Joe Wieland  —  The Dodgers have agreed on a 2016 salary with righty Joe Wieland, Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports on Twitter.  Wieland will reportedly receive $590K next year.  —  MLBTR and Matt Schwartz had projected Wieland at just the league minimum …

Cardinals Sign Brayan Pena To Two-Year Deal  —  3:37pm: Pena's $5MM guarantee will be spread out evenly, paying him $2.5MM in each season of the contract, MLBTR has learned.  —  3:35pm: Pena's contract guarantees him a total of $5MM, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).

Source: Orioles make O'Day ‘competitive’ offer; could make a decision soon … Free-agent reliever Darren O'Day appears to be narrowing down his list of potential landing places for 2016 and Baltimore has re-entered the conversation.  —  According to an industry source …

Mariners showing interest in free-agent outfielder Nori Aoki  —  Free-agent outfielder Nori Aoki appears to be the Mariners' latest off-season target  —  Aoki finished last season on the disabled list because of post-concussion concerns  —  Mariners began focusing on Aoki …

Blue Jays narrowing search for new GM  —  Interim general manager Tony LaCava and Cleveland Indians executive Ross Atkins are the apparent frontrunners.  —  Interim general manager Tony LaCava is believed to be one of two front-runners for the Toronto general manager's job.

Marlins targeting Bonds as hitting coach; team hopeful he accepts  —  The Marlins have targeted controversial alltime great slugger Barry Bonds to become the team's new hitting coach, CBSSports.com has learned.  —  The Bonds' pursuit is sure to trigger debate, but Marlins people see Bonds …

Astros Shopping Chris Carter, Listening On Jake Marisnick  —  The Astros are shopping slugger Chris Carter as the non-tender deadline approaches, ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reports (Twitter links).  Meanwhile, the club is willing at least to “listen” to offers on center fielder Jake Marisnick.

Major League Executive Of The Year: Sandy Alderson  —  NEW YORK—Upon leaving Major League Baseball to become general manager of the financially-wobbly Mets in October 2010, Sandy Alderson assembled a dream team of front-office executives, including one-time GMs Paul DePodesta and J.P Ricciardi and interim GM John Ricco.

Young righthander Shelby Miller is creating quite a feeding frenzy on the trade market, and it's to the point it's got to be record interest for a pitcher who went 6-17.  —  Of course, by now we know pitchers' won-loss records aren't a very useful tool in deciphering a pitcher's value.

Braves Sign Jim Johnson  —  5:28pm: The deal is for $2.5MM, MLB.com's Mark Bowman tweets.  —  5:04pm: The Braves have signed righty Jim Johnson to a one-year deal, the club announced via press release.  Johnson, 32, is a client of Moye Sports Associates.  —  With the move …