MLB Winter Meetings tracker: Live updates on news, rumors, signings and trades for 2025 free agency originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The MLB offseason can move at a painfully slow pace, but if history is any indication, December will be the busiest month, thanks in part to the Winter Meetings.The annual congregation of executives, managers and free agents and, of course, agents takes place in Orlando this year, and there is plenty of business to get done.A fairly impressive crop of free agents is mostly unsigned, though there are some exceptions. Dylan Cease already landed with the Toronto Blue Jays on a seven-year, $210 million deal, while Josh Naylor and Devin Williams are among other names who have earned new deals in the weeks leading up to the Winter Meetings.The trade market could be worth watching more closely than the free-agent market as the Winter Meetings play out. While a Tarik Skubal trade doesn’t seem imminent or even particularly likely this offseason, Ketel Marte, MacKenzie Gore, Joe Ryan and Jarren Duran are among the names who have surfaced in rumors. The Sporting News is tracking all of the latest buzz below, from rumors to signings and trades. Follow along with the latest updates below. MORE:Ranking the top MLB free agentsMLB Winter Meetings 2025: Latest news, rumors on signings and tradesTwins planning to keep Joe Ryan, Byron BuxtonDate: Dec. 5Source:Ken Rosenthal, The AthleticDespite July’s firesale, the Minnesota Twins are not planning to trade Joe Ryan, Byron Buxton or Pablo Lopez this winter, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports. The Twins discussed a Ryan trade with the Boston Red Sox at the deadline but decided against dealing their young ace.Tigers ‘engaged’ on Tarik Skubal tradeDate: Dec. 5Source:Buster Olney, ESPNThe Detroit Tigers remain “engaged” with teams on a potential Tarik Skubal trade, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney, but they are still unsure about dealing him and have an “enormous” asking price. Skubal, the back-to-back reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, is set to be a free agent after the 2026 season and is reportedly far apart in extension talks with the Tigers.