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Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll has elbow surgery and should be ready for spring training.
Carroll had surgery to remove loose bodies in his right elbow, the team confirmed Friday, and full recovery is expected to take about eight weeks. He hit .239 with 22 homers and a league-high 17 triples last season while dealing with multiple injuries. He was awarded his first Gold Glove earlier this month.
Sources: ESPN · NBC Sports · CBS Sports
Over the Monster's Matt Gross weighs four candidates for the Red Sox 2027 starting shortstop, including Trevor Story and Franklin Arias.
Story is described as the incumbent, entering the final year of his contract after a poor 2026 that included time on the injured list. Arias, MLB's No. 2 prospect according to the piece, hit 25 home runs across Double-A and Triple-A in 2026. The article asks whether Boston can trade Story, noting that moving Masataka Yoshida and Jarren Duran is already difficult.
Source: Over the Monster
A's first two offseason additions are Taylor Smith and Cam Castro, with Castro as GM, per Athletics Nation.
The fan blog argues the moves fit the A's goal of rebuilding their analytics, development and trading models to work more like the Brewers and Rays, who just met in the World Series. It hopes the A's can develop pitching talent from Luis Morales and Jack Perkins rather than trading Shea Langeliers or Tyler Soderstrom.
Source: Athletics Nation
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger wins AL Platinum Glove as the league's top defensive player.
Per NY Post, the Platinum Glove winner is decided by a fan vote among the league's Gold Glove winners, and Bellinger is the second Yankee to win it after catcher Jose Trevino in 2022. Bellinger played 130 games in the outfield in 2026, 123 of them in left field, and had 21 defensive runs saved, third in baseball. Pete Crow-Armstrong won the National League award.
Sources: NY Post Sports · Pinstripe Alley
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Mets re-signed pitcher Robert Stock, 36, to a one-year contract.
Stock earned his first major league win since 2019 in August, according to ESPN.
Source: ESPN
Nationals reportedly extend center fielder Jacob Young on a four-year, $23 million deal with a fifth-year option.
According to SB Nation, the deal includes an $8 million option for a fifth season, citing a source familiar with the contract. The fan-site writer says the Nationals now have James Wood, Daylen Lile, Dylan Crews and Young under control into the 2030s, which creates a surplus that could be traded. The writer argues a trade of Young is now unlikely, and that Crews has the higher offensive ceiling while Young is the better defender.
Source: Federal Baseball
Mariners hire Yankees catching coach Tanner Swanson as bench coach.
A source confirmed the hire to ESPN on Friday. Swanson is also the Yankees' field coordinator.
Source: ESPN
Louis Varland, Andy Pages and Jacob Latz are among 28 Super 2 players eligible for arbitration.
Source: ESPN
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