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Korean first baseman Dae-ho Lee has offers on the table from MLB teams

Lee, 33, batted .282/.368/.524 with 31 homers and 98 RBI last year in Japan.

He is hanging up his cleats for good after 11-plus major league seasons.

Diamondbacks sign Joaquin Arias to a minor league contract

From Jon Heyman of CBS Sports comes word that the Diamondbacks have agreed to terms on a minor league contract with infielder Joaquin Arias.

Cubs have inquired about new Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte

The rangy 25-year-old outfielder might never suit up in an Atlanta uniform.

Bruce Rondon involved in ugly brawl in Venezuelan Winter League

The trouble has now followed the hard-throwing 25-year-old into winter ball back in his native country.

Royals have some interest in Braves outfielder Nick Markakis

Markakis batted .296/.370/.376 with three home runs over 156 games in 2015.

Scott Boras on Nationals extending Bryce Harper: “When they have a plan, we’ll let you know”

In other words, Boras won’t be doing any pitching to the Nationals’ braintrust.

Nationals sign reliever Shawn Kelley

The 31-year-old right-hander will likely operate as a setup man in Washington.

Reds shopping Todd Frazier “heavily”

He’d make sense for any team with a hole at the hot corner.

Mets agree to two-year, $18.5 million deal with infielder Asdrubal Cabrera

New York is not done collecting middle infielders.

White Sox pick up third baseman Brett Lawrie from the A’s

Third base is a position the White Sox needed to address this winter. And they did just that on the third day of MLB’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee.

Astros acquire young closer Ken Giles from Phillies for four players

Big get here for last year’s American League Wild Card Game winners ...

Nationals sign Yusmeiro Petit to one-year contract

Washington figures to use him in a long relief role.

Cardinals, Giants interested in Wei-Yin Chen

Chen, 30, posted a 3.34 ERA (124 ERA+) in 191 1/3 innings this past season for the Orioles.

Tigers acquire left-handed reliever Justin Wilson from Yankees

Detroit is completely revamping its bullpen this winter, and rightfully so.

Braves reach one-year deal with Emilio Bonifacio

He’ll probably fill a variety of roles in 2016 for the rebuilding Braves.

Blue Jays re-sign Darwin Barney to one-year deal

The 30-year-old will return to a utility-infield role with the Jays.

Johnny Cueto’s agent is trying to push his client to the Cardinals

Letting bygones be bygones? Cueto’s agent Bryce Dixon is hoping to at least get the Cards involved in the bidding.

Marlins president Michael Hill announces Jose Fernandez “is not going anywhere”

It always seemed an unlikely thing.

Report: Dodgers in talks to acquire Reds closer Aroldis Chapman

Somebody just woke up the Dodgers.

Hisashi Iwakuma is on the Giants’ radar

Hisashi Iwakuma hasn’t been getting a whole lot of play on the hot stove up to this point, but that should change as the secondary starting pitching market begins to settle at this week’s Winter Meetings.