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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Welcome to MLB's winter meetings: Free agent and trade rumors fly in Orlando — ORLANDO, FL — Welcome to Major League Baseball's annual winter meetings, the Super Bowl of trade rumors where thousands will be under one circus tent - well, technically a hotel - where everyone and anyone will be subject of speculation.
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What I'm hearing on the eve of MLB's winter meetings: Pirates make offer to free agent Kyle Schwarber — Are you sitting down? — The Pittsburgh Pirates have made free-agent designated hitter Kyle Schwarber a four-year offer, according to people briefed on their discussions.
ESPN:
2025 MLB winter meetings updates, rumors and predictions — The MLB winter meetings are underway in Orlando, Florida, with the baseball industry gathering for an action-packed week of rumors, signings and trades. — We've got it all covered for you, from our predictions going into the meetings …
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Baseball Hall of Fame:
Jeff Kent elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame by Contemporary Baseball Era Committee — (ORLANDO, Fla.) - Jeff Kent, the slugging infielder who totaled more home runs than any second baseman in history, earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday via …
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Kent, all-time HR leader at 2B, earns Hall election on Contemporary Era ballot — ORLANDO, Fla. — Hard-nosed to his core and one of the most prolific run producers the second-base position has ever seen, Jeff Kent spent years wondering if Cooperstown would take notice. On Sunday, the answer finally arrived.
Will Sammon / The Athletic:
Mets need top-tier starters, but contract length looms as a sticking point — Despite failing to get length from their rotation last season, the New York Mets are reluctant to hand out long-term offers to this offseason's top free-agent starting pitchers, people familiar with the club's thinking said.
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MLB Trade Rumors and Amazin' Avenue
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Patrick Mooney / The Athletic:
Cubs targeting free agent Zac Gallen in their search for more pitching: Sources
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Sports Illustrated, Arizona Sports, cubsinsider.com, Burn City Sports, FanSided, Lookout Landing and MLB Trade Rumors
Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Top 5 starting pitchers available on free-agent market
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The Banner, cubsinsider.com, Sports Illustrated, MLB Trade Rumors, The Crawfish Boxes and Yahoo Sports
Joel Reuter / Bleacher Report:
Playing Matchmaker on Framber Valdez, Cole Ragans, Top SP in Free-Agency, Trade Rumors
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Bucs Dugout and NESN.com
Jorge Castillo / ESPN:
Mariners acquire LHP Jose Ferrer from Nationals for prospects — The Washington Nationals traded left-hander Jose Ferrer to the Seattle Mariners for top catching prospect Harry Ford and minor league pitcher Isaac Lyon, the teams announced Saturday. — The move gives the Mariners …
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Dennis Lin / The Athletic:
Why the Padres are entertaining trade interest in top starter Nick Pivetta — ORLANDO, Fla. — As he embarks on his 12th Winter Meetings as a general manager, A.J. Preller seemingly has to move money to address the San Diego Padres' needs for multiple starting pitchers and a bat.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants' Buster Posey has pulled off big deals. Can he do it again at MLB's Winter Meetings? — ORLANDO, Fla. — Three years running, the San Francisco Giants have turned up at the Winter Meetings after major changes: one managerial switch, a front-office shakeup and now, another new manager and coaching staff.
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MLB Trade Rumors, NESN.com, NBC Sports Bay Area …, Battery Power and The San Francisco Standard
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
3 things on Chaim Bloom's list for the trade-talking Cardinals at Winter Meetings — St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Daniel Guerrero joined Lynn Worthy to catch up on the Cardinals' offseason additions and subtractions ahead of Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings. … kAm(:E9 @?6 p==\$E2C 2=C625J 3FEE@?:
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Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Royals will seek offense at Winter Meetings. Here's a look at potential targets — AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. — Royals enter Winter Meetings seeking bats, shopping free-agent and trade aisles. — KC offers surplus starters like Kris Bubic and Noah Cameron as trade chips.
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Kings of Kauffman and MLB Trade Rumors
Brendan Kuty / The Athletic:
Sonny Gray lied about wanting to play for Yankees before 2017 trade, Brian Cashman says — ORLANDO, Fla. — It all started with a little Gray lie? — Sonny Gray made waves last week after he was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox, saying that he “never” …
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masslive.com, New York Daily News, New York Post, NESN.com and Covering the Corner
The Athletic:
What we're hearing: Marlins have pitching to deal; Bichette to Boston? — Twice already before this upcoming week's Winter Meetings, the Boston Red Sox evaded free agency and instead used prospects in trades for starting pitchers. Could other similarly positioned clubs do the same?
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MLB Trade Rumors, Just Baseball, Arizona Sports, cubsinsider.com, NESN.com, Forbes, The Good Phight, MLB.com, Boston.com, New York Post and Over the Monster
