Opinion

If you woke up this morning thinking it had been too long since Major League Baseball's last three-team blockbuster, we have good news! Such a trade materialized early Wednesday afternoon.

$217 million...for a freaking pitcher?!? Now I know I've seen it all.

After a half-century of baseball, blizzards, college students and traffic, my bucket list is nearly complete. I've even seen Pablo Sandoval leg out a triple.

Happy 50th birthday to me: I am Boston's famed Citgo sign.

On this week in 1965, my then-neon red and blue hues first lit the sky above Kenmore Square. I have been a fixture for Red Sox fans, Bostonians and visitors from everywhere ever since.

Major League Baseball has seen some stuff, man. That's including, but not limited to, all the lopsided trades of this century. It's going to be hard for any trade to top those.

According to the baseball commentary parlor, however, last week's blockbuster trade that sent Shelby Miller to Arizona is sure going to try.

We're through the looking glass, people. We can tell by the way we're gawking in awe at the Chicago Cubs, a team that hasn't won a World Series since Ford was introducing the Model T.

And, heck, we could be gawking in even more awe at the Cubs in the near future. They're already great, but apparently they want to be flawless.

At the beginning of December, before the winter meetings took place, we published an article breaking down 10 potential win-win trade ideas based on players believed to be available on the trade market.

Now that a flurry of action has taken place and the market has changed considerably, it seems like an appropriate time for an updated article of the same ilk.

It wouldn't be an offseason without the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers throwing their weight around.

If that statement is true, this might not be an offseason.

Oh, sure, it's only mid-December. There's still plenty of time for the Yanks and Dodgers, baseball's biggest spenders, to make waves on the free-agent market, the trading block or both.

Brandon Phillips might soon be headed to the Washington Nationals. That's good news for Phillips, good news for manager Dusty Baker and quite possibly good news for the Nats themselves.

The Major League Baseball hot stove never cools off as teams are wheeling and dealing on the heels of the winter meetings.

Pitching is always a hot commodity, but a bat like Todd Frazier's is going to draw plenty of interest.

Let's take a look at where the power hitter could end up, as well as ace James Shields and more.

AL Central Could Be Landing Spot for Frazier

The MLB winter meetings have come and gone, and a number of the marquee free agents are now off the board as a result.

That being said, a wealth of impact talent is still looking for new homes for the 2016 season.

Jason Heyward signed on with the Chicago Cubs, but the rest of a talented outfield market is still taking shape as Yoenis Cespedes, Justin Upton and Alex Gordon are all available.

1. Early Peek at 2016: Cubs-Diamondbacks NLCS, Red Sox-Tigers ALCS?

So next year's championship series are set, right? After a few weeks of opening their wallets wide, the Cubs, Diamondbacks, Red Sox and Tigers should keep October open.

Whoa, slow down, hold on, let's get ahold of ourselves. What are you, nuts?