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Good morning everyone! The offseason is getting pretty exciting. Here's the latest from the last couple of days:
- Robinson Cano broke his toe during a game in Japan and will be out for 6-8 weeks.
- The Mariners are reportedly taking offers on Hisashi Iwakuma.
- Michael Saunders has hired a new agent.
- The Braves and Cubs have made a minor swap.
- Eno Sarris talks about the rarest pitch in all of baseball (spoiler: it isn't the knuckleball).
- Grant Brisbee argues that the Marlins had no choice but to make the Giancarlo Stanton extension offer.
- The Blue Jays have signed catcher Russell Martin to a five-year deal.
- Jeff Sullivan at Fangraphs wonders what the Martin signing means for the Blue Jays going forward.
- The Braves and Cardinals have made the first blockbuster trade of the winter, swapping Jason Heyward for Shelby Miller in a four-player deal.
- Dave Cameron of Fangraphs takes a full in-depth analysis of the trade, arguing that it was a win for both sides.
- The Jose Canseco shooting-his-finger-off saga continues.