(PhatzRadio Sports / AP / USA Today) —- A look at what’s happening today at the baseball winter meetings in Oxon Hill, Maryland:
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CLOSING TIME
It was a good week for several top closers, with Aroldis Chapman and Mark Melancon getting rich deals and Wade Davis winding up with the World Series champion Cubs. As teams pack up and leave the D.C. area, star reliever Kenley Jansen is still on the free agent market. Who knows — last season, the Yankees employed Chapman, Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances in the same bullpen. Would they ever consider a trio of Chapman, Betances and Jansen?
CAPITAL GAINS
Chris Sale, Matt Holliday and Ian Desmond are among several players who switched clubs, and they could become crowd favorites in their new homes. It might be a tougher road for Adam Eaton. The Nationals paid a steep price to get the high-energy outfielder from the White Sox — three young and talented pitchers — and Washington fans are likely to keep grousing this week about whether he’s worth it.
GETTING DRAFTY IN HERE
The Rule 5 draft finishes baseball’s annual gathering as teams see whether they want to pluck mostly anyone left off 40-man rosters. Odubel Herrera of the Phillies and Delino DeShields of the Rangers were recent examples of players picked up that way. Before them, future home run champ Jose Bautista, MVP Josh Hamilton and Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana were Rule 5ers. Teams like the Red Sox that have deep, set rosters often lose a minor leaguer or two in this draft.
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There were 158 free agents that hit the market this winter.
Who signed, for how much, who left and where they went. This chart will be updated throughout the offseason. (Player in italics have agreed to a deal.)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (10) — DH Pedro Alvarez; OF Michael Bourn; LHP Brian Duensing; RHP Tommy Hunter; RHP Logan Ondrusek; 1B Steve Pearce; OF Nolan Reimold; OF Drew Stubbs; OF Mark Trumbo; C Matt Wieters.
Departed: Pearce to Toronto.
BOSTON (5) — C Ryan Hanigan; 3B Aaron Hill; RHP Junichi Tazawa; RHP Koji Uehara; RHP Brad Ziegler.
Signed: 1B/DH Mitch Moreland (1-yr., $5.5M).
CHI. WHITE SOX (4) — RHP Matt Albers; C Alex Avila; OF Austin Jackson; DH Justin Morneau.
CLEVELAND (4) — OF Marlon Byrd; OF Coco Crisp; OF Rajai Davis; 1B Mike Napoli.
DETROIT (3) — SS Erick Aybar; 3B Casey McGehee; C Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
HOUSTON (4) — C Jason Castro; RHP Doug Fister; OF Colby Rasmus; 3B Luis Valbuena.
Signed: RHP Charlie Morton (2-yr. $14M), OF Josh Reddick (4-yr., $52M), OF Carlos Beltran (1-yr., $16M)
Departed: Castro to Minnesota.
KANSAS CITY (6) — C Drew Butera; RHP Luke Hochevar; RHP Kris Medlen; DH Kendrys Morales; RHP Peter Moylan; RHP Edinson Volquez.
Re-signed: Butera (2-yr., $3.5M)
Departed: Morales to Toronto.
L.A. ANGELS (6) — RHP Andrew Bailey, RHP Jhoulys Chacin; RHP Tim Lincecum; C Geovany Soto; RHP Jered Weaver; LHP Chris Wilson.
Signed: RHP Jesse Chavez (1-yr., $5.75M).
Re-signed: Bailey (1-yr., $1M).
MINNESOTA (1) — C Kurt Suzuki.
Signed: C Jason Castro (3-yr., $24.5M).
N.Y. YANKEES (2) — OF Billy Butler; 1B Mark Teixeira.
Retired: Teixeira.
Signed: OF/1B Matt Holliday (1-yr., $13M).
OAKLAND (2) — LHP Ross Detwiler; OF Sam Fuld.
Signed: OF Matt Joyce (2-yr., $11M).
SEATTLE (5) — OF Franklin Gutierrez; C Chris Iannetta; 1B Dae-ho Lee; 1B Adam Lind; RHP Drew Storen.
Signed: LHP Marc Rzepczynski (2-yr., $11.5M).
TAMPA BAY (3) — RHP Kevin Jepsen; 1B Logan Morisson; SS Alexei Ramirez.
TEXAS (6) — OF Carlos Beltran; OF Ian Desmond; OF Carlos Gomez; LHP Derek Holland; RHP Colby Lewis; 1B Mitch Moreland.
Signed: RHP Andrew Cashner (1-yr., $10M).
Re-signed: Gomez (1-yr., $11.5M).
Departed: Beltran to Houston; Moreland to Boston; Desmond to Colorado.
TORONTO (9) — OF Jose Bautista; RHP Joaquin Benoit; LHP Brett Cecil; RHP R.A. Dickey; DH Edwin Encarnacion; RHP Scott Feldman; RHP Gavin Floyd; C Dioner Navarro; OF Michael Saunders.
Signed: DH Kendrys Morales (3-yr. $33M); 1B Steve Pearce (2-yr., $12.5M).
Departed: Benoit to Philadelphia.
Departed: Dickey to Atlanta; Cecil to St. Louis.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (2) — RHP Daniel Hudson; OF Rickie Weeks.
Signed: RHP Fernando Rodney (1-yr. $2.75M).
ATLANTA (3) — OF Emilio Bonifacio; LHP Eric O’Flaherty; C A.J. Pierzynski.
Signed: RHP R.A. Dickey (1-yr., $8M); RHP Bartolo Colon (1-yr., $12.5M), INF Sean Rodriguez (2-yr., $11.5M)
CHI. CUBS (9) — RHP Trevor Cahill; LHP Aroldis Chapman; OF Chris Coghlan; OF Dexter Fowler; RHP Jason Hammel; 2B/3B Munenori Kawasaki; C David Ross; RHP Joe Smith; LHP Travis Wood.
Signed: OF Jon Jay (1-yr., $8M).
CINCINNATI (2) — RHP Ross Ohlendorf; RHP Alfredo Simon.
COLORADO (6) — LHP Jorge De La Rosa; INF Daniel Descalso; C Nick Hundley; LHP Boone Logan; OF Ryan Raburn; 1B Mark Reynolds.
Signed: OF Ian Desmond (5-yr, $70M).
L.A. DODGERS (9) — LHP Brett Anderson; RHP Joe Blanton; RHP Jesse Chavez; LHP Rich Hill; LHP J.P. Howell; RHP Kenley Jansen; OF Josh Reddick; 3B Justin Turner; 2B Chase Utley.
Re-signed: Hill (3-yr., $48M)l
Departed: Chavez to L.A. Angels, Reddick to Houston.
MIAMI (7) — RHP Andrew Cashner; LHP Mike Dunn; OF Jeff Francoeur; 1B/3B Chris Johnson; C Jeff Mathis; RHP Dustin McGowan; RHP Fernando Rodney.
Signed: RHP Edinson Volquez (2-yr., $22M).
Departed: Cashner to Texas, Rodney to Arizona.
MILWAUKEE (2) — RHP Blaine Boyer; LHP Chris Capuano.
N.Y. METS (9) — LHP Jerry Blevins; OF Yoenis Cespedes; RHP Bartolo Colon; OF Alejandro De Aza; 2B/3B Kelly Johnson; 1B James Loney; LHP Jon Niese; RHP Fernando Salas; 2B Neil Walker.
Accepted qualifying offer: Walker (1-yr. $17.2M).
Re-signed: Cespedes (4-yr., $110M).
Departed: Colon to Atlanta.
PHILADELPHIA (7) — 3B Andres Blanco; OF Peter Bourjos; C A.J. Ellis; RHP Jeremy Hellickson; RHP David Hernandez; 1B Ryan Howard; RHP Charlie Morton.
Accepted qualifying offer: Hellickson (1-yr. $17.2M).
Signed: RHP Joaquin Benoit (1-yr., $7.5M).
Departed: Morton to Houston.
PITTSBURGH (5) — RHP Neftali Feliz; OF Matt Joyce; RHP Ivan Nova; INF Sean Rodriguez; RHP Ryan Vogelsong.
Departed: Joyce to Oakland, Rodriguez to Atlanta.
ST. LOUIS (4) — OF Matt Holliday; 1B/OF Brandon Moss; RHP Jordan Walden; RHP Jerome Williams.
Signed: LHP Brett Cecil (4-yr., $30M).
Departed: Holliday to Yankees
SAN DIEGO (6) — RHP Edwin Jackson; OF Jon Jay; RHP Brandon Morrow; LHP Clayton Richard; 3B Adam Rosales; RHP Carlos Villanueva.
Departed: Jay to Chi. Cubs.
SAN FRANCISCO (8) — 2B Gordon Beckham; OF Gregor Blanco; RHP Santiago Casilla; LHP Javier Lopez; RHP Joe Nathan; OF Angel Pagan; RHP Jake Peavy; RHP Sergio Romo.
Signed: RHP Mark Melancon (4-yr., $62M).
WASHINGTON (9) — RHP Matt Belisle; LHP Sean Burnett; 2B Stephen Drew; OF Chris Heisey; RHP Mat Latos; RHP Mark Melancon; RHP Yusmeiro Petit; C Wilson Ramos; LHP Marc Rzepczynski.
Departed: Rzepczynski to Seattle.
Re-signed: Heisey (1-yr. $1.4M).
Departed: Melancon to San Francisco.