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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Kyle Schwarber, Phillies reach 5-year, $150M deal — ORLANDO, Fla. — Slugger Kyle Schwarber and the Philadelphia Phillies are in agreement on a five-year, $150 million contract, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, reuniting the National League home run leader and the franchise with whom he blossomed into a perennial MVP candidate.
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Orioles matched Phillies' contract offer to Kyle Schwarber: Sources — ORLANDO, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles' failure to land Kyle Schwarber wasn't for lack of trying. Their proposal to the free-agent designated hitter signaled how serious they are about spending big this offseason.
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Alex Speier / The Boston Globe:
Potential Red Sox free agent target Kyle Schwarber reaches five-year, $150 million deal to remain with Phillies — ORLANDO — The first major bat of the offseason — and a potential target of the Red Sox — appears to be off the board. — According to multiple reports …
Tim Healey / The Boston Globe:
Red Sox exploring trades with four All-Stars topping the list — ORLANDO — The Red Sox' wide search for major offensive upgrades at the Winter Meetings has sent them to the trade market, where they have explored possible deals for at least four different All-Stars, according to a league source.
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What I'm hearing about Ketel Marte's trade market and more from MLB's winter meetings — ORLANDO — Three years ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks began discussing outfielder Daulton Varsho with the Toronto Blue Jays at the winter meetings in early December. They did not trade Varsho …
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Mets open to moving All-Star starting pitcher David Peterson: Sources — ORLANDO — In what Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns has described as a “pretty active” trade market, left-hander David Peterson is generating interest, according to league sources.
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Best fits for top potential MLB pitching trade candidates — In 2025, 369 pitchers started a game in MLB, for an average of 12.3 per team. Only 53 started at least 30 games, an average of fewer than two seasonlong starters per team. More injuries, more shuffling of players on and off the roster …
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Dennis Lin / The Athletic:
Why the Padres are entertaining trade interest in top starter Nick Pivetta
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Will Sammon / The Athletic:
Mets need top-tier starters, but contract length looms as a sticking point
Mets need top-tier starters, but contract length looms as a sticking point
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
White Sox win Lottery, earn No. 1 pick in 2026 Draft — Rays, Twins, Giants, Pirates round out the top five selections — ORLANDO, Fla. - It's been nearly 50 years since the Chicago White Sox had the No. 1 pick in the Draft. But the last time they did, that selection turned into a Hall of Famer.
Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
For Astros at Winter Meetings, ‘the priority is starting pitching’ — ORLANDO, Fla. — Astros general manager Dana Brown entered the team's suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Monday afternoon, the first day of baseball's 2025 Winter Meetings, and couldn't help but smile.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Winter meetings roundup: More Brendan Donovan suitors emerge; Yadier Molina's fit for '26 — In today's “Ten Hochman,” brought to you by Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium at Cardinals' spring training, Ben Hochman and Derrick Goold discuss a particular player's conundrum. — kAm~#{p}s~[ u=2] — ~?
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Mets, Yankees among teams calling Brewers about ace, top reliever — Yes, the Brewers are open for business on starter Freddy Peralta if a suitor is willing to meet a steep price for their ace. — But they are getting calls from even more teams about reliever Trevor Megill, including from both the Mets and Yankees.
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Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers interested in Ha-Seong Kim. Better fit than Alex Bregman? — ORLANDO, FL — It's not Alex Bregman. — But it might be a better fit. — The Detroit Tigers have interest in shortstop Ha-Seong Kim in free agency, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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