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On Monday afternoon, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced the signing of right-handed starting pitcher Armando Galarraga to a one-year contract for $2.3 million.

You may remember Galarraga from last year, as he was only one out away from a perfect game. But, in what may go down as one of the worst blown-calls in major league history, umpire Jim Joyce missed an obvious call that kept him a few feet away from a perfect game (literally).

In yet another jarring display of general ineptitude, Toronto Blue Jays GM (and newly-minted golden boy) Alex Anthopolous has traded the recently acquired Mike Napoli yet again—this time for the most fungible of baseball assets: a right-handed relief pitcher.

A dead-on average one, at that. 

We're almost ready to turn the calendar to February, and every baseball fan knows that February means pitchers and catchers, which means it's almost March, which means spring training games, which means it's almost April, which means the season is starting.

Really, it's like, gonna be here tomorrow.

Marc Kroon has agreed with the San Francisco Giants on a one-year deal, according to Tom Krasovic of AOL FanHouse. The deal includes an invitation to spring training.

For those of you who have never heard of this guy, Kroon was drafted by the New York Mets back in 1991. After short stints with the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds and the Colorado Rockies. His career ERA in Major League Baseball was 7.43.

The MLB free agency season is winding down, with pitchers and catchers reporting to camp only a few weeks from now. Even so, many deals are still being made by teams looking for that extra edge when the season begins.

With spring training just over a month away, many teams are wrapping up their rosters. What final moves are they making? What players have been signed so that their teams avoid arbitration? Also, what is going on behind the scenes in the Yankees clubhouse after the Rafael Soriano signing?

There’s word going around baseball that the Blue Jays may be on the verge of another trade. Now if you’re yelling at the computer screen, asking “Why?” just calm down. There is an obvious abundance of DH/1B types on the roster. After the Vernon Wells trade the Jays now have four, yes four, players who can comfortably fit at DH.

With the signing of Rafael Soriano, it makes a young former phenom like Joba Chamberlain become trade bait. But he is not the only one, there are at least 10 other players that might also be dangled as trade bait and a few of them might be Joba's teammates. Anyone who takes Joba would be better off to give him a slot in the rotation. In fact, that's what I believe the Yankees should do.

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Major League Baseball, despite being firmly in the middle of its offseason, continues to have a lot of buzz. Most of it is due to arbitration coming up, as players who are eligible continue to gradually sign with their teams.

There are still 26 players eligible for arbitration. Which of these players seem close to signing deals, and how many who were eligible have now signed? On the free agent market, the Rays have acquired two big names, perhaps leaving Vladimir Guerrero as the biggest non-signee. Where will he end up?

Despite the fact that pitchers and catchers report in less than a month, there is still plenty developing and remaining to be decided for a number of teams across Major League Baseball.

Players are still out there looking for jobs, and general managers are still trying to fill in holes via a key free agent signing or trade. 

This week saw some big names catching on with new teams, so now is as good a time as ever to take a step back and try to rank some offseason winners and losers based on the moves they did or didn't make during the Hot Stove season.

I knew the Tampa Bay Rays were interested in both Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon, but I was stunned upon learning that the team signed the duo for a combined $7.25 million. Ramirez, 38, played with Damon, 37, on the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2005. Now the stars meet up again on another American League East power.