ESPN's Buster Olney joined the 'Refuse to Lose' podcast following baseball's winter meetings and says the Seattle Mariners are in the driver's seat to re-sign second baseman Jorge Polanco

With the MLB Winter Meetings in the rearview, nine of B/R's original top 25 free agents—Kyle Schwarber, Pete Alonso, Dylan Cease, Edwin Díaz, Shota Imanaga, Trent Grisham, Devin Williams, Brandon Woodruff and Robert Suarez—are off the board.

When it comes to repeat American League Cy Young winner Tarik Subal of the Detroit Tigers, trade speculation has been consistent heading into his walk year of 2026 and with no discernible progress made on an extension. On that front, a Skubal trade this offseason is increasingly seen as likely, reports ESPN's Jorge Castillo .

After signing their new closer in Edwin Díaz, here are three MLB free-agent fits for the reigning World Series champion Dodgers.

Players are eligible for the Rule 5 draft if they have not been placed on their club's 40-man roster after four or five years in the organization, depending on whether they were 18 and younger or 19 and older at the time of signing.

The unusually quiet Winter Meetings are in the books, so who were baseball's biggest winners and losers this week?

The Houston Astros have two first-round picks for the first time in 11 years, and they hope to repeat what they did in 2015.

With the Mud Hens, Baddoo hit .281 with an .868 OPS in 457 plate appearances in 2025. He had 15 home runs and 25 stolen bases. Baddoo still has one option remaining, so the Brewers may view him as both an MLB option and potential Triple-A depth in 2026.

When they both won Manager of the Year for the first time in 2024, Pat Murphy and Stephen Vogt talked about showing up to the annual baseball writers' dinner in New York to receive the awards in costume.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/athletics/onsi as MLB Network's Brian Kenny Makes Bold Claim About A's First Baseman Nick Kurtz.