Main League Baseball’s offseason is prone to hit a lull over the approaching days, as entrance workplace personnel across the league observe the vacation season. However there’s nonetheless sufficient time left for groups to cross some last-minute objects off their record. Sunday alone noticed the White Sox ink Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami and the Pink Sox purchase first baseman Willson Contreras in a four-player commerce. What is going to Monday carry? Beneath, CBS Sports activities has compiled all of the day’s information and strikes in a single place.

Reds, White Sox speaking Robert

The Reds and White Sox are once more discussing a commerce that will ship heart fielder Luis Robert Jr. to Cincinnati, experiences the Cincinnati Enquirer. Chicago is claimed to be prepared to eat cash, maybe as a lot as half the $20 million Robert is owed in 2026, to facilitate a commerce. The Reds are deep in younger pitching, one thing the White Sox are stated to need in return.

Robert, 28, has had back-to-back disappointing years on the plate, although he stays a robust defender and top-flight baserunner. He is two years faraway from hitting 38 house runs, and heart fielders who can do which might be uncommon. The Reds and White Sox have beforehand mentioned a Robert commerce on a number of events, together with final offseason and once more on the July commerce deadline.

We ranked Robert because the No. 22 commerce candidate coming into the offseason.

Mariners herald Refsnyder

Platoon nook outfielder Rob Refsnyder is becoming a member of the Mariners on a one-year contract, the group introduced. The deal is value $6.25 million, per The Athletic. Refsnyder, 34, has spent the final 4 years as a lefty masher with the Pink Sox, posting a .923 OPS in opposition to southpaws from 2022-25. That figured dropped to a .670 OPS in opposition to righties.

The Mariners have three right-handed hitting outfielders (Randy Arozarena, Victor Robles, Julio Rodríguez), although Dominic Canzone is anticipated to get many of the DH at-bats, and he is a left-handed hitter. Barring further strikes, Refsnyder is in line to platoon with Canzone and get at-bats unfold round DH and the 2 nook outfield spots. 

We ranked Refsnyder because the Forty third-best free agent accessible this offseason.

Pink Sox nonetheless need Bregman again

The Pink Sox intend so as to add extra offense to their roster even after the aforementioned Contreras acquisition — and retaining third baseman Alex Bregman continues to be a precedence, per The Athletic. 

Bregman, 31, posted a 128 OPS+ and three.5 Wins Above Substitute final season in 114 video games with the Pink Sox. He then opted out of what was technically a three-year pact however spiritually a sequence of one-year preparations. Bregman would slot again in at third base, with the Pink Sox sorting via their assortment of younger infielders to find out their second baseman. 

Bregman can be of curiosity to the Diamondbacks, Blue Jays, Cubs, and Tigers.

Pirates chasing extra bats after Lowe commerce

The Pink Sox aren’t alone in attempting to double-dip on bats. The Pirates added second baseman Brandon Lowe on Friday, and but that hasn’t stopped them from chasing after extra bats. As an alternative, they’ve had a number of digital conferences with Japanese infielder Kazuma Okamoto, per the Pittsburgh Publish-Gazette.

CBS Sports activities ranked Okamoto because the Twenty second-best free agent accessible this winter. Here is what we wrote:

Okamoto is not as well-known or as thrilling as his countryman Munetaka Murakami, however he has a greater hit software and he ought to discover a MLB house after hitting .327/.416/.598 with 15 house runs and as many walks as strikeouts in 69 video games. There are all the time considerations about how NPB batters will fare in opposition to MLB-caliber velocity. Okamoto isn’t any exception in that regard. Add within the risk that he is considered as only a first baseman (a right-handed-hitting one at that) and he might have a restricted market. Nonetheless, it is value acknowledging that some fashions, like this component-based one created by former Marlins entrance workplace analyst Bradley Woodrum, have Okamoto as the very best guess amongst NPB bats to hit in MLB.

Okamoto’s posting window is ready to shut on Jan. 4.