Pirates acquire Antonio *******o from the Phillies for Joely Rodriguez.

And now the Dodgers;

Traded for Jimmy Rollins

Dee Gordon & Dan Haren to Miami for Andrew Heaney, Enrique Hernandez, Chris Hatcher & Austin Barnes.

In a separate deal, Heaney to the Angels for Howie Kendrick.

Signed Brandon McCarthy

One more Dodgers move from late night/early morning:

Matt Kemp and Tim Federowicz to San Diego for Yasmani Grandal, Joe Wieland & Zach Eflin. Dodgers are also sending $30 million to help cover Kemp's remaining contract.

Wade Miley from AZ to Boston for Webster and DeLaRosa
Porcello to Boston from DET for Cespedes and a PTBL

Now need Hamels from PHIL to BOS
Masterson to BOS as FA
Scherzer to BOS as FA

that would make my Christmas complete!

Porcello to BOS for Cespeds. Alex Wilson and low level minor leaguer-alot ot give up for Porcello

Reds trading two pitchers:
-Alfredo Simon to the Tigers for Jonathon Crawford & Eugenio Suarez
-Mat Latos to Miami for Anthony DeSclafani & Chad Wallach

Red Sox have signed Masterson(1 yr, $9.5 mil)

Kendrys Morales to the Royals (2 yrs, $17 mil)

Cardinals sign Mark Reynolds(1 yr, $2 mil)

Twins sign Ervin Santana (4 yrs, $54 mil)

White Sox sign Melky Cabrera (3 yrs, $43.5 mil)

Yankees re-sign Headley (4 yrs, $52 mil)

Dodgers sign Brett Anderson (1 yr, $10 mil)

Royals sign Alex Rios (1 yr, $11 mil)

Rockies sign IF Daniel Descalso

Angels acquire Matt Joyce from Tampa for RP Kevin Jepsen

Dodgers DFA Brian Wilson

Padres sign P Brandon Morrow

Marlins sign 1B Mike Morse

Orioles sign RP Wesley Wright

Giants re-sign Sergio Romo

Royals sign Edinson Volquez

Looks like a done deal, menage a trois between the Rays, Padres, and Nationals.

From mlbtraderumors.com,

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Young outfielder Wil Myers will head to San Diego as the centerpiece of the trade, and indeed the entire pact will depend upon the health of his balky wrist, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports notes on Twitter. San Diego receives righty Gerardo Reyes and lefty Jose Castillo from Tampa as well. The Rays, in return, will receive Burch Smith and Jake Bauers. And the Pads and Rays will also swap catchers Ryan Hanigan and Rene Rivera. Much of Tampa's haul, however, will come from another source: the Nationals will send outfielder Steven Souza and young lefty Travis Ott to Tampa in exchange for righty Joe Ross and shortstop Trea Turner (as a PTBNL) , each of whom will head from the Padres to D.C. by way of Tampa.

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SD: Myers, Reyes, Castillo, Hanigan
TB: Smith, Bauers, Rivera, Souza, Ott
WAS: Ross, Turner*

It will be interesting to see what impact today's announcement re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba has on Cuban baseball players that want to play in America. The embargo was not lifted so I don't think there will be a 100% free flow of players from the island. Rather, it sounds like some sort of deal would have to be negotiated between MLB and the Cuban government. It is probably too late in the offseason to negotiate a deal for the 2015 season, but I believe the 2016 season could be in play for Cuban baseball players that want to play in the major leagues without having to defect from the country.

A.J. Preller & the Padres stay busy, acquiring Justin Upton from Atlanta. (Max Fried, SS Jace Peterson, 3B Dustin Peterson and OF Alex Smith to Atlanta.)

Oakland gets Zobrist and Yunel Escobar from Tampa Bay for Jaso and minor leaguers Daniel Robertson and Boog Powell

Nationals said to be close to signing Scherzer.

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Source: Scherzer deal with #Nationals is seven years, $210M with half deferred. He will receive $15M per year for 14 years. Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 19, 2015

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Sources: Max Scherzer's deal is $210 million for seven year. Half is deferred: $105M from 2015-21, $105M from 2022-28. Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 19, 2015

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Oakland gets Zobrist and Yunel Escobar from Tampa Bay for Jaso and minor leaguers Daniel Robertson and Boog Powell

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"Powell is not related to former Major Leaguer Boog Powell, who was a favorite player of his father's. He is the 36th player to be suspended in 2014 for violating the Minor League drug program. [amphetamines]"

I'm sure ol'Boog is thrilled this punk is carrying his name.

Buster rated Nationals as best rotation even before this deal. Now there's no question it's the best.

Anyone know the interest on the deferred money?

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Nationals said to be close to signing Scherzer.

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Source: Scherzer deal with #Nationals is seven years, $210M with half deferred. He will receive $15M per year for 14 years. Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 19, 2015

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Sources: Max Scherzer's deal is $210 million for seven year. Half is deferred: $105M from 2015-21, $105M from 2022-28. Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 19, 2015

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Brilliant. Bobby Bo style!

Scott Boras may be an ass, but he's the best damn agent in the history of sports.

I remember when Junior had that crazy deferred deal with the Reds and they were paying into an annuity or something that was payable after his contract ended until 2025 or something like that. Hope the Kid got his cash out before the market collapsed.

No interest.

Boras is a genius. They're deferring the 105M, and he still gets his agent cut of that 15M per year as well. However to pay a player for 14 years for the Nationals is idiotic. Pay the money out sooner so if he sucks or gets injured, you get it over with

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OF Josh Hamilton will undergo surgery on Wednesday to repair the AC joint in his right shoulder. He is expected to resume baseball activities in 3 to 8 weeks.

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In other news, his wife will appear on The Real Housewives of OC.