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Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal Source confirms: Dodgers close on Yoshinobu Yamamato. First: @JackCurryYES , who reported contract will be for more than $300M.

It's not the worst thing in the world for Anthopolous to basically take a season off from major trades -- you'd like to give the farm system a chance to refresh itself, at the risk of drawing out the "farm" metaphor a bit too far. Any major trade we'd make would basically require giving up every...

It's so beautiful.

Rosenthal had an interesting note on Ohtani's contract. There's a clause that says "If specific change in Dodger personnel, player may opt out of contract at end of season the change occurs." Rosenthal says he doesn't know who that refers to.

DOB (I know, I know) says the plan with Fletcher hasn't changed -- he's still going to be the utility infielder. They just moved him to AAA to increase their offseason roster flexibility, knowing that no one would claim Fletcher on waivers and take that contract.

I had no idea Marcus Stroman was so short.

The Athletic is reporting that Ohtani will defer $68 million annually out of his $70 million salary, without interest.

I understand this is mostly about the Dodgers clearing two 40-man roster spots for Ohtani and Kelly.

We would have signed him, but Anthopolous insisted on only offering $699.99 million because he thought it was hilarious.

This NBA-style shifting around of contracts is not a lot of fun.

The Braves won 104 games last year, and if anything that understates how good they were. And they have six spots on the diamond locked up through the heat death of the universe. Anthopolous didn't really need to do anything this offseason, save for finding someone to stand in left field and...

Ah, I'm getting warm feelings of nostalgia for the days of Furman Bisher.

He should demand that the team change its name to the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles.

I am very glad those rumors of the Braves pursuing Dayton Moore during the various GM transitions in the mid-10's never came to fruition. Imagine this franchise with Moore at the helm instead of Anthopolous.

I have no doubt we're talking to Ohtani, in the same way we probably talk to every big-time free agent we have no real chance of acquiring. Talking doesn't cost anything, nor does tossing around some initial numbers. Anthopolous calling up Ohtani's agent and asking if Ohtani might be interested...

I agree we'll probably DFA White at some point, though I suppose Gwinnett does need bodies. He's a 1B-only guy who can't hit -- looking at his minor league stats it's kind of hard to see why the Mariners gave him that contract in the first place. Gonzales seems like a replacement-level, 5.00...

Passan on Twitter described this as a pure salary dump for the Mariners.

Ah, I see it now. The contracts for White and Gonzales are not great. EDIT: Gonzales is due to make $12.25 million next year (with a $15 million team option for 2025) and White is making $7 million next year and $8 million in 2025.

That...seems like a pretty light price.

Julio Rodriguez for cash. Make it happen.