Ohtani the topic du jour at Winter Meetings

Plus: Yanks' interest in Soto remains strong

Tuesday, December 5 View In Browser Good morning! One team will cash its Draft Lottery ticket tonight. TOP NEWS Ohtani-Angels reunion? Trade talks heating up?   Buzz surrounding Shohei Ohtani is topic No. 1 at the Winter Meetings, but there's also plenty of chatter regarding big-name free agents and starters who could be changing ZIP codes. Ohtani believed to have met with Blue Jays (report) Toronto officials are believed to have met with Shohei Ohtani on Monday at the club's Spring Training complex in Florida. Soto trade talk pauses for Yanks, interest doesn't While the Yankees may have paused their talks with San Diego, their interest in Juan Soto has hardly cooled. What's the White Sox 'threshold' for moving Cease? The questions of when and where the White Sox trade Dylan Cease have moved front and center for the team during the 2023 Winter Meetings. Atlanta far from done after dealing for Kelenic The Braves said they ended their search for a left fielder when they acquired Jarred Kelenic from the Mariners on Sunday night. It will now be interesting to see if they are able to add an experienced and controllable starter to their rotation. Tyler O'Neill seemingly odd man out in Cards' OF logjam Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak revealed on Monday at the Winter Meetings that the club is not finished tinkering with its roster and will almost assuredly be active in the trade market in the coming days. Astros GM: 'We're not moving Bregman' Dana Brown reiterated Houston's need for bullpen help and a backup catcher while shooting down speculation the club was considering trading star third baseman Alex Bregman, who will be a free agent after next season. The Draft Lottery is tonight. Here are the odds The A's, Rockies and Royals have the best odds to get the No. 1 pick. We'll find out tonight. MORE TOP NEWS PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! STAFF PICKS Draft experts make the first 10 picks of 2024 The 2024 Draft order is coming into focus at the Winter Meetings, with the Lottery to determine the first-round order set for this evening. MLB Pipeline takes a look at the potential first 10 players whose names will get called in July. Winter Meetings Charity Auction to support Stand Up To Cancer Among the special opportunities up for bids are meet-and-greets with Mike Trout and other stars, All-Star Week tickets, a chance to be a groundskeeper, lessons from big league coaches and players, joining a broadcast team for a day, and more autograph and ballpark experiences. Mookie Betts moving to second base makes sense "I've never considered myself a right fielder," the Dodgers star said this season. "I just play right field. I've always considered myself a middle infielder." Chourio sets sights on Opening Day after record deal First spotted by the Brewers at age 12, Jackson Chourio is positioned to be the club's Opening Day center fielder at 19. MLB Draft Lottery Special Who will get the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft? Find out as the Draft order is announced live on MLB Network at 5:30 p.m. ET. MORE STORIES © 2023 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.