White Sox have limits on Manny Machado, Bryce Harper  —  The White Sox slashed their payroll in recent seasons as they traded away players such as Chris Sale and Adam Eaton and went about the business of stockpiling prospects.  This leaves them in perfect position to grow their payroll now …

NL Rumors & Notes: Brewers, Lowrie, Nats, Giants, Pillar, Kelly  —  Following last month's non-tender of Jonathan Schoop, the Brewers' exhaustive, months-long search for a second baseman continues with the team's pursuit of Jed Lowrie, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

Yankees have more competition for their Manny Machado fallback  —  SEE ALSO  —  If the Yankees can't get their hands on free agent Manny Machado, who could meet with them this week, they have an interest in Freddy Galvis playing shortstop until Didi Gregorius returns from Tommy John surgery.

Baseball notebook: Adams has a deal with Nationals  —  Free agent first baseman Matt Adams has an agreement to return to the Washington Nationals, pending a successful physical exam.  —  A person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated Press that Adams and the Nationals agreed to a $4 million …

Will the Detroit Tigers' one-year deal with pitcher Tyson Ross pay off?  —  Who will start for the Detroit Tigers in 2019 after their offseason acquisitions  —  The Detroit Tigers agreed to a one-year deal with right-handed pitcher Tyson Ross at this week's Winter Meetings with the hope …

Astros could add two hitters; the Kyler Murray mystery; all in the family for Manny?; more notes  —  It's no secret the Astros want to add a hitter.  But how about two hitters?  —  The team is at least considering the possibility, talking to free agents Nelson Cruz and Michael Brantley …

MLB notebook: Orioles hire Cubs' Hyde as manager  —  The Baltimore Orioles hired Brandon Hyde to be their new manager Friday, hoping his experience as Cubs bench coach will help the team move forward while in rebuilding mode.  —  Hyde takes over for Buck Showalter, who was fired …

Market For Troy Tulowitzki  —  There are six teams currently in the running to sign shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Twitter).  Tulo and his agent plan on narrowing the field as early as today.  —  Though they've been rumored as a logical landing spot …

BenFred: Manfred's fight against shifts is commissioner's latest whiff  —  Ben Frederickson is a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  You can follow him on Twitter (Ben_Fred), Instagram (benfredpd) and Facebook (BenFredPD).  —  There is new evidence to introduce to my argument …

Now that the smoke has cleared, a look back at the Rangers' winter meetings  —  The MLB winter meetings are over, and that's always a good thing.  —  After five days and four nights, when many baseball people never leave the hotel hosting the event, it's time to see the sun and breathe the fresh air.

Why Todd Frazier will be in Peter Alonso's grill at Mets spring training  —  The Toddfather is living up to his nickname, and come spring training, the mentoring of Mets slugging prospect Peter Alonso will go into overdrive in Port St. Lucie, Fla.  —  Todd Frazier called equipment manager Kevin Kierst …

Molina recovering from knee surgery, back to training by New Year's  —  ST. LOUIS  • Before the clock strikes midnight on 2018, the Cardinals expect catcher Yadier Molina to return to his offseason workouts after recovering from knee surgery Thursday to remove a bone spur.