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They've already signed the frontline starter they've coveted for a long time. They've upgraded the catching position with not one but two veteran additions. They've added two experienced late-inning relievers. And they've done all this before departing for the Winter Meetings. Which begs the question: Do the Nationals even need to go to Las Vegas this week? "You know I love the Winter Meetings," general manager Mike Rizzo said dismissively when asked the aforementioned question Friday...

The Orioles will leave the Winter Meetings with at least one selection in Thursday morning's Rule 5 draft. This is the only lock. They're holding the first overall pick and intend to use it. Only the names change. Of the players chosen and the executives in charge of making the decisions. Everything else that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias will invite the media into his suite each afternoon beginning on Monday. Dan Duquette used to...

The Orioles have three catchers on their current 40-man roster after Caleb Joseph was recently non-tendered. They are Austin Wynns, Chance Sisco and Andrew Susac. What will the Orioles do at the catching position in 2019? Are they going to add a veteran catcher and/or does Joseph still have a shot to come back? Will Sisco have to go back to the farm next April to try to re-ignite his career? Here is the list of current free agent catchers: Drew Butera (35) A.J. Ellis (38) Yasmani Grandal (30)...

Left-hander Patrick Corbin had a standout season pitching for the Diamondbacks in 2018. He demonstrated strength and durability, starting 33 games, winning 11 games and posting a career-best 3.15 ERA. He has started 32 or more games in four of his first six seasons. Corbin struck out a career-high 246 batters in 2018. He said he realized that off-speed pitches were becoming very effective after strategizing with Diamondbacks hitters. "I've learned a lot through talking with our hitters,"...

What if a baseball game were played, but players in the field were not allowed to roam anywhere they want? What if defensive shifts were limited or eliminated completely? Would officials in Major League Baseball really take such action? This week, Jayson Stark of The Athletic wrote an excellent article examining this topic. "At last month's owners meetings, baseball's competition committee gave the commissioner 'strong' backing to try to 'put something in place' to limit shifts,...

The odds of Bryce Harper re-signing with the Nationals once he became a free agent always felt long, not with some of baseball's most iconic and cash-infused franchises certain to be involved in a bidding war for a 26-year-old seeking the biggest contract in American sports history. But it wasn't until today that a prominent member of the Nationals front office explicitly put into words the expectation that Harper will be playing elsewhere in 2019. Mark Lerner, the Nationals' managing...

Without a manager in place to offer an opinion, it really falls upon executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias to decide whether the Orioles should concentrate on finding a veteran catcher as the Winter Meetings commence in Las Vegas. They can continue negotiations with Caleb Joseph, who's attracting plenty of interest in free agency. Elias also can sit down with other executives to discuss trade proposals and representatives who are pitching their catching clients. Rookies...

Patrick Corbin could have waited until the Winter Meetings. He could have waited out the market like most free agents do, made prospective teams come to him to make their case for his services and then finally make his selection in January. Such is the luxury afforded the top free agent pitcher of the offseason, but Corbin didn't feel the need to do any of that. He had his agent, John Courtright, contact the clubs interested in him - three that we know of for sure: the Nationals, Phillies and...

The Washington Nationals agreed to terms on a six-year contract with All-Star left-handed pitcher Patrick Corbin on Friday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Corbin, 29, joins the Nationals after going 11-7 with a 3.15 ERA and 246 strikeouts in 33 starts for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2018. He set career marks in nearly every category in his sixth professional season, including ERA, strikeouts, games started, innings pitched...