If Padres can get Jean Segura, time is right to trade Wil Myers  —  SAN DIEGO  —  The reasons to deal Wil Myers, the one-time face of the Padres, continue to pile up as the team eyes a possible rebuild finish line in, say, 2020.  —  There's a pay package that spikes from $11.5 million this season …

Lowdown: Trading Thor?  —  Follow @djshort and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter.  —  Despite back-to-back losing seasons, the Mets think they can contend next season.  And with the quality of the top of their starting rotation, it's understandable why they think there's a path.

Here you go baseball fans, your 2018 turkeys  —  It's that time of year again, the reckoning for those baseball people whose transgressions against the game and others in the game have warranted them a place on the Daily News Top Ten Turkeys List.  Like always, there will be no pardoning these turkeys …

If Phillies strike out on Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, they see more options ahead  —  Rick Hahn is the architect of a team that has averaged 92 losses over six years, including 100 last season.  Yet there he was, standing in a ballroom at the general managers' meetings earlier this month …

Rays Tales: Was moving on from C.J. Cron the right move?  —  ST. PETERSBURG - Did the Rays make the right decision in designating for assignment 30-homer hitting DH/1B C.J. Cron?  —  Check back March 28, and see what their opening day lineup looks like, and if they have a bigger bat.

MLB rumors: Yankees face new suitor for Nathan Eovaldi, Patrick Corbin, J.A. Happ, Dallas Keuchel  —  Yankees general manager Brian Cashman began to overhaul his starting rotation on Monday, when he traded for Seattle Mariners left-hander James Paxton.  —  But Cashman wants at least one more arm for the rotation.

Royals Hire Mike Matheny As Special Advisor  —  The Royals announced that they've hired former Cardinals manager Mike Matheny as a special advisor to the team's player development staff St. Louis fired Matheny in July despite the fact that he was signed through the 2020 season.

Goldy Rush?  Doorbusters and deals for Cardinals as baseball's feast starts cooking  —  ST. LOUIS  • At various times already this offseason, Cardinals officials have described how they would like to land a middle-order hitter (again), that their focus is on corner infielders (easier fit) …

Padres release former first-rounder Cory Spangenberg  —  Cory Spangenberg's time with the Padres has come to an end.  —  The former first-rounder was released Friday, three days after the organization designated him for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for up-and-coming prospects.

Before Yankees would consider Manny Machado deal, Hal Steinbrenner needs a meeting  —  Manny Machado's selective hustling is a concern for Hal Steinbrenner, though the Yankees managing general partner remains open to the possibility of signing the superstar free agent shortstop.

Canadian scientist names beetle after former Blue Jays star Jose Bautista  —  OTTAWA, Ontario — Jose Bautista has a new namesake buzzing around.  —  Entomologist Bob Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature has dubbed a newly discovered species of beetle Sicoderus bautistai after the former Toronto Blue Jays star.