Manny Machado's high school coach thinks he'll choose the White Sox  —  Photos of Manny Machado, one of the top free agents this season.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Where will Manny Machado land?  —  His high school baseball coach says it'll be the White Sox.

Mets may have found their No. 2 hitter in free agent Jed Lowrie  —  Ed Kranepool (l) and Art Shamsky (r) discuss the 1969 title team  —  Brodie Van Wagenen's busy offseason continued Thursday night with the surprising development that Jed Lowrie agreed to a two-year, $20-million deal.

Mets Arbitration Tracker: Jacob deGrom receives record raise  —  Friday is deadline to reach one-year deal before salary arbitration  —  Friday is the deadline for teams to exchange numbers with players who are arbitration-eligible.  If a deal is not agreed upon they must schedule …

Nationals Gain Upside with Brian Dozier  —  While much of the focus of the Nationals' offseason has been the potential loss of Bryce Harper, the club has been one of the more active teams this winter.  Their big move brought in Patrick Corbin.  They also signed Anibal Sanchez and traded Tanner Roark.

Braves avoid arbitration with Foltynewicz, 3 others  —  The Braves avoided arbitration with starter Mike Foltynewicz ($5.475 million), reliever Arodys Vizcaino ($4.8 million), utilityman Charlie Culberson ($1.395 million) and outfielder Adam Duvall ($2.9 million) before the 1 p.m. Friday deadline.

Dodgers Acquire Russell Martin  —  1:30pm: The Blue Jays have formally announced the trade.  They'll send Martin and cash to Los Angeles in exchange for minor league shortstop Ronny Brito and minor league right-hander Andrew Sopko.  —  1:12pm: The Dodgers have reached an agreement on a trade …

Yankees To Sign DJ LeMahieu  —  11:43am: LeMahieu is heading to the Yankees, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.  His contract is believed to be a two-year deal with a guarantee in the range of $24MM.  —  11:40am: The Yankees are closing in on a two-year contract with free-agent second …

Blue Jays reach one-year deal with free-agent RHP David Phelps  —  The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a deal with free-agent right-hander David Phelps, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Thursday night.  —  The one-year deal is worth $2.5 million and includes a club option, sources said.

Alex Bregman Undergoes Arthroscopic Elbow Surgery  —  The Astros announced Friday that third baseman Alex Bregman underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his right elbow earlier today.  Bregman is expected to be limited at the start of Spring Training but ready for full duty by Opening Day.

Steven Wright agrees with Red Sox on one-year contract  —  BOSTON — Knuckleballer Steven Wright and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a one-year contract for $1,375,000, a raise of $275,000, in a deal that avoided arbitration.  —  An All-Star in 2016, the 34-year-old right-hander started …

Fantasy baseball free-agent and trade tracker  —  For even the most committed fantasy baseball managers, getting caught up on a lengthy offseason of wheeling and dealing and free agent signings can be complicated.  —  To that end, here's a brief snapshot of some of the higher-profile transactions …

Rangers taking chance on rotation full of Tommy John patients in effort to get ‘bang for our buck’  —  ARLINGTON - It seemed a little bit odd Thursday to see Rangers general manager Jon Daniels helping to introduce the announcement of an upcoming Billy Joel concert at Globe Life Park.