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Four main suitors for Ohtani? A $250 million free agent ace? Jeff Passan's latest MLB offseason intel
Waiting for baseball's hot stove to ignite? Here's which big moves could be coming soon.

MLB winter meetings updates: Rumors and predictions
From predicting who will sign where -- and when -- to the latest buzz from Nashville, here's everything you need.

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FREE AGENCY GRADES
MLB free agency grades: Will Luis Severino bounce back with Mets in move across N.Y.?
Whether it's a free agent deal that changes the course of a team's future or a blockbuster trade that has the whole league buzzing, our experts weigh in.
What the Mets are getting in Luis Severino

OFFSEASON WISHLIST
Time to rock Nashville: Trades we want to see at MLB's winter meetings
Slow start to the offseason? Let's spice it up with some blockbusters that could rock the winter meetings.
Could Dylan Cease and Juan Soto be traded at the winter meetings?

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD
What defined 2023 for all 30 MLB teams -- and how they can make 2024 better
With the winter meetings looming, it's time for teams to start getting busy. Here's where they stand.

SHOHEI OHTANI WATCH
Five creative Ohtani deals -- and if your favorite team fits them
Breaking down the deals the unprecedented star might be offered this winter -- and the teams (Dodgers? Mets?) that fit each of them best.
Ohtani tracker: Why your team's ballpark might be crucial
Will Shohei Ohtani return to the Angels? The latest buzz about a once-in-a-generation talent.

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Astros' Espada adds 2 coaches, promotes López
New Astros manager Joe Espada has completed his coaching staff, retaining most of the group from last season while adding Dave Clark as first base coach and Jason Bell as quality assurance coach and promoting Omar López to bench coach.
Top Headlines
- Yankees claim Guardians' Gonzalez off waivers
- Mets add Heineman, Hummel in waiver claims
- Ohtani voted MLB's top DH for 3rd straight year
- RHP Maeda says 'gut feeling' led to him to Tigers
- Sources: Reds, RHP Martinez agree to $26M deal
- MLB: 1 positive in '23 from nearly 12K drug tests
- Grading the moves: Free agency, trades
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Brandon Vallance/Getty Images Owners' vote shows the Oakland A's move is about money, not fans
John Fisher's mission is complete: The A's have been approved to move to Las Vegas, shunning a devoted set of backers for a market long viewed as a gold mine for an expansion team.