MLB trade rumors and news for March 17th, 2017

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Happy Friday, baseball fans!

Here is a roundup of what’s going on around the American League West.

• The Mets had a pretty quiet offseason. Should they have made more noise or are they in the right place?
• The Nationals were very sneaky in assembling a World Series caliber team this offseason.
• Hosmer and the Royals may be heading towards a feud of reality TV proportions. Just in time for the season, amiright?
• The Orioles didn’t do the offseason work that they should have.
• Yasmany Tomas is suffering from an oblique strain and his timeline to return is uncertain.
• Javier Baez is not of this universe.
• The Red Sox are out to win the AL East again with a powerhouse pitching rotation.
• The Mariners are looking for a successor for the bat flip, in case you have any ideas.
• David Ross will dance to “Go Cubs Go” on Dancing With the Stars because he is such a pure and lovable soul.
• Manny Ramirez has a new Japanese baseball contract and it’s pretty amazing (we’re jealous).
• The World Baseball Classic is getting extremely exciting, just in case you needed us to tell you.
• The A’s could either have a season for the history books or an utter disaster. Isn’t half the fun of watching the unpredictability?
• The Mariners and Athletics got into a Twitter fight and it’s more entertaining than cable TV honestly.
• Matt Harvey is on track to regain his fastball speed so this is already looking to be an exciting season for the NL East.
• Cleveland fans: Don’t panic yet.
• The Cubs had a very special guest visit them at spring training.
• What teams are building themselves to be better later and will actually fulfill that destiny?

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Today in baseball: On March 17th, 1936, Joe DiMaggio makes his Yankee debut.

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