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MLB 2025 winter meetings: Winners, losers and takeaways — The MLB winter meetings have come and gone, and though there's always a hope that there will be plenty of action, that's not always the case. The 2025 meetings didn't have a $700-plus million deal like last year …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB winter meetings end, but these 10 questions still hang over offseason — ORLANDO, FL — Tigers Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal stayed in Detroit. — Slugger Kyle Schwarber returned to Philadelphia. — The Los Angeles Dodgers got better. — The New York Mets got worse.
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Yankees, Red Sox, Giants among teams interested in Brewers' Freddy Peralta: Sources — ORLANDO, Fla. — A week ago, the Milwaukee Brewers viewed the interest in right-hander Freddy Peralta as significant enough for them to consider “cracking the door open” for trade discussions.
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What we're hearing about the Cubs: A lot of talk, little action at Winter Meetings — ORLANDO, Fla. — The Chicago Cubs seemed to be all over the map during Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings, mentioned in trade rumors for pitching and offense, linked to several prominent free agents …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Do the Mets have a plan? Pete Alonso's defection causes an uproar — ORLANDO, FL — It's like Elon Musk trading in his Tesla for a rusted Ford Taurus. — It's seeing Beyonce giving up her career to be a lounge singer. — It's Leonardo DiCaprio walking away from films to do local tire commercials.
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Jake Rill / MLB.com:
Pete Alonso going to Orioles on 5-year, $155M deal (sources) — ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orioles wanted to be aggressive this offseason. President of baseball operations Mike Elias was expressing a willingness to spend more money than at any point in his seven-year tenure.
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Sources: Alonso finalizing 5-year, $155M deal with Orioles
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What's next for Dodgers after Winter Meetings? What we're hearing — ORLANDO, Fla. — The Los Angeles Dodgers arrived in Orlando for this week's annual Winter Meetings as back-to-back World Series winners and spoke of not needing to make a splash to extend their clear championship window.
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Time is of the essence as trade rumors grow around Bulls' Coby White — The Timberwolves feel like they are a title contender and also a point guard short of completing that, so while they've kicked the tires on big-name items like Ja and Kyrie, White is a realistic option they can settle on.
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Ex-Padres closer Suarez signs 3-year, $45M deal with Braves — Closer Robert Suarez has signed a three-year, $45 million contract with the Atlanta Braves, the team announced Thursday. — Suarez, who led the National League this season with 40 saves in 45 chances, became a free agent …
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
5 things we learned at Winter Meetings: Eyes on Evan Carter, finding a catcher and more — Plus, were the discussions about Rangers' star shortstop Corey Seager actually discussions? … So, it's almost Christmas. And what have they done? Another winter meetings over; a long offseason of work just begun.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Rays starters mentioned as DBacks consider risk of dealing Ketel Marte … ORLANDO — The Arizona Diamondbacks departed the winter meetings with one more starting pitcher than they had when they arrived — and with a better sense for the market for their superstar second baseman, Ketel Marte.
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
The Mets have blown it all up — and for what? — ORLANDO, Fla. — Pete Alonso is gone now, and that hits even harder than the beloved Edwin “Sugar” Díaz leaving the day before, because Alonso was a lifetime Met. — I don't know if this offseason could get any worse …
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David Shovein / NBCSports.com:
Dodgers snag closer Edwin Díaz with three-year, $69M contract: Contract details, fantasy impact — If the two-time defending World Series Champion Dodgers weren't already considered the favorites to three-peat in 2026, their chances of doing so received a major boost on Tuesday.
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