The Monday Baseball Column: A closer look at Red Sox' trade options  —  It feels like something is going to happen at these Winter Meetings, but figuring out exactly what is a bit of a dilemma.  —  While it's far from a mystery that the likes of the two Los Angeles teams and the Yankees …

Ted Simmons, union chief Marvin Miller elected to Baseball Hall of Fame  —  SAN DIEGO — Baseball's Hall of Fame will add two honorees next July whose heydays intersected in the 1970s, one a switch-hitting catcher indentured to the St. Louis Cardinals for the best of his career, and the other determined to free players from that fate.

Sources: Stephen Strasburg stays with Nats on $245M deal  —  Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals have reached agreement on a seven-year deal, the team announced.  Sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan that the value of the deal is a record-setting $245 million.

Winter meetings open with Texas Rangers stuck on hold in pursuit of Anthony Rendon  —  The race for the Texas Rangers to acquire Anthony Rendon is on, supposedly.  —  More like the wait is on.  —  Day One of the annual winter meetings produced a lot of nothing from the top of the market for the Rangers.

ESPN releases Sunday Night Baseball schedule, Nationals make zero appearances  —  ESPN released its Sunday Night Baseball schedule for the 2020 season and the World Series Champion  —  Nationals are not on it.  —  The Mets are scheduled to play three times on baseball's prime time television slot, while the

Latest On Madison Bumgarner  —  5:11pm: The Giants, Bumgarner's lone team to date, are among his suitors and will meet with his representation this week, president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi told Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area. … Interestingly, although they're not known for their spending …

Injured Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes has started running, hitting and throwing again  —  SAN DIEGO - Will the real Yoenis Cespdes please stand up?  —  Nearly three weeks after a video of Yoenis Cespedes taking batting practice was posted (and promptly deleted) on ex-Met Endy Chavez's Instagram account …

Is something amiss with Rays' trade of Tommy Pham?  —  Padres say they are still “working through” some things with results of physical, likely concerning his elbow.  —  SAN DIEGO — The Rays' trade of Tommy Pham to the Padres as part of a five-player deal was agreed to on Thursday …

Le'Veon Bell went bowling all night after Jets ruled him out with flu  —  Le'Veon Bell was too ill to bowl over Dolphins defenders on Sunday afternoon, but not to knock down some pins late Saturday night.  —  The Jets running back, who missed Sunday's win because of the flu …

Prospects could be in play as Diamondbacks look to fill holes  —  SAN DIEGO - As he searches for ways to fill multiple holes on his roster, Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen isn't ruling out the idea of trading from his improved prospect inventory.  —  “I feel like we should be in a position …

Check Out the Nike Jerseys for Major League Baseball  —  The 2020 season marks the first on-field example of Nike's partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) as its official uniform provider.  The partnership, announced in January as part of an agreement between MLB, Nike and Fanatics …