MLB Trade Rumors and News: Mets sign Ramos to 2-year deal, Nationals come to terms with Adams

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• If you’re exhausted from hearing J.T. Realmuto rumors and even more exhausted hearing the term “three-way” tossed around the baseball world, then you’re in luck. The Mets and Wilson Ramos have agreed to a two year deal, per report, solving their backstop vacancy and depleting your Twitter feed to mere Machado and Harper rumors.
• With the Winter Meetings in our Hot Stove rear view mirror, Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto brokered a three-team deal in the final hours of the event in Las Vegas. Because of course he did. Seattle acquired slugger Edwin Encarnacion, a draft pick and cash from the Indians and it sent recently acquired first baseman Carlos Santana to the Rays. To complete the trade, the Rays sent Jake Bauers to Cleveland in exchange for Yandy Diaz and a PTBNL. The crazy part about this deal was that Dipoto did it FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED!
• The Brewers added to their bullpen by acquiring Alex Claudio from the Rangers in exchange for a Competitive Balance Round A pick in next year’s draft.
• The Nationals have agreed to terms with Matt Adams, even after the first baseman only played 94 games for the club last season before being acquired on waivers by the Cardinals. Everyone loves a comeback kid, right?
• The Yankees, meanwhile, continued their efforts to bolster their rotation as they brought J.A. Happ back on a two year deal with a vesting option. At least, we’re pretty sure the deal is official. Metro cards for everyone!
• The White Sox have acquired Yonder Alonso from Cleveland. No, this does not mean Machado will follow his brother-in-law to Chicago. Stop this hysteria right this moment.
• Not to leave the Winter Meeting empty handed, the Dodgers snagged Joe Kelly on a three year deal to bolster their bullpen. Kelly was a big part of Boston’s postseason run and that, combined with a really live arm, got him a pretty nice payday.
• The Mets missed having one of their better relievers, so they went and brought him back as Jeurys Familia is a Met again, this time on a three year deal. The poor guy must have whiplash at this rate.
• The Reds acquired Tanner Roark from the Washington Nationals in what was possibly the first ever MLB Tanner-for-Tanner deal. While Roark can’t be particularly pleased that he has to play in Cincinnati during his walk year, the bigger news here is that the trade market has been REALLY quiet in terms of actual moves so far this offseason.
• The Rangers got themselves a potential rotation stalwart as they were able to lock down Lance Lynn for the next three years. Lynn does have an arm injury in his background and 2018 wasn’t his best year, but he has three 3+ fWAR seasons since 2014 and for a Rangers team that is going to need some steadiness over the next couple of years, Lynn is a fine get.
• In today’s episodes of “Headlines That Don’t Feel Real But Could Be”, the Padres have signed Ian Kinsler to two year deal following his successful tenure and championship run in Beantown.
• Andrew McCutchen will return to Pennsylvania next season, though this time it’ll be on the Eastern side of the state, as he agreed to a three-year, $50 million deal with the Phillies on Tuesday. Philadelphia will be the fourth team whose roster he’s been on within the past year, following the Pirates, Giants, and Yankees.
• The Blue Jays ruffled the most feathers this Winter Meetings (pun fully intended), releasing five-time All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki with $38 million remaining on his contract. It’s not clear yet what the fresh hell went on here.
• It’s safe to say that this year’s gathering of general managers far and wide left baseball fans a tad underwhelmed. But despite how acute some of the move were, there were still clear and present winners and losers of the 2018 MLB Winter Meetings. I’ll give you two guesses on the big losers.
• Our Andersen Pickard caught up with Alex Cora, manager of the reigning World Champion Red Sox, to talk about Dustin Pedroia’s status heading into next season.
• Why gambling used to scare baseball and why it doesn’t anymore.
• The Royals seem to love players that can steal bases, but can’t actually get on base that much in order to do so. Kansas City came to terms with Billy Hamilton on a one year, $5.25 million deal.
• Harold Baines and Lee Smith are going into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the system is broken.
• Nathan Eovaldi was a hero as the Red Sox won their fourth World Series of the 21st century, and Boston was so fond of him and his work that, despite some real injury risk, they locked him down with a four-year, $68 million-dollar deal.