The offseason chatter is already moving fast in Las Vegas, and the possibility of a lockout on Dec. 1 is only adding fuel. With the General Manager Meetings underway and no guarantee of Winter Meetings later on, clubs are working the room now, and a few names are starting to surface in a hurry.
For the Yankees, third base is the obvious place to watch. New York has been stuck with Ryan McMahon’s prolonged struggles, and the club is looking for a better answer.
According to the New York Post, free agent Alec Bohm is one possibility for Brian Cashman. Bohm, 30, is coming off a rough walk year with the Phillies, but his career OPS+ sits at 101, and his second half was much stronger than the full-season line suggests.
April dragged him down badly. The glove is the concern, since Bohm is not much of a fielder anymore, but the Yankees may be willing to accept that if they believe the bat is an upgrade.
Cashman didn’t exactly shut the door on making a move at third. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, he said, "He's signed through next year for us, but I definitely know we need to improve production in a lot of different spots on the club if we can," he told reporters on Tuesday. "So we'll be open-minded to finding what we can run into if it's there."
Tarik Skubal remains the biggest name on the market, and the race around him keeps widening. The Dodgers, Mets, Cubs and Padres are already known to be in the mix at different levels, and now the New York Post says the Blue Jays have joined the list of suitors.
There’s also a chance this gets resolved before the Dec. 1 lockout deadline. Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes said the club does plan to meet with Skubal, while Mets executive David Stearns said he and the team are willing to give pitchers long contracts, though he stressed that the situation has to make sense.
That at least suggests the Mets are prepared to make a serious push.
San Diego may also be trying to keep one of its own arms in place. The Padres declined Nick Pivetta’s club option not long ago, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the relationship is over.
AJ Preller told reporters, including Marty Caswell, that the team hopes to work out a new deal with Pivetta so he can return for the 2027 season and possibly longer. Pivetta was excellent in 2025, and in 2026 he pitched well when healthy, but elbow issues limited him to just eight regular-season starts.
In Washington, Dylan Crews is drawing trade interest. The 24-year-old outfielder, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 draft, still hasn’t hit the level many expected, but the upside is still there.
The Athletic reports that multiple teams have asked the Nationals about his availability and that Washington has not made him untouchable. That doesn’t mean a deal is coming, but it does put Crews on the list of winter names to watch.
Seattle may be leaning in a different direction in its outfield search. Randy Arozarena was the Mariners’ top player last season and is now a free agent, but the Seattle Times reports the club may prefer Seiya Suzuki instead of pursuing an Arozarena reunion. Both are entering their age-32 seasons in 2027, and both produced at a high level in 2026.
And in Baltimore, the message from the top is that a full teardown is not coming. Even after missing the playoffs in back-to-back seasons and dealing Adley Rutschman before the 2026 deadline, the Orioles don’t sound eager to blow up the roster. President of baseball operations Mike Elias pushed back on that idea at the GM Meetings, saying, "A lot of our key, core players are very unlikely to go anywhere," he told the media, including the Baltimore Banner.
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