Preview/Prediction

Early on Saturday, the Boston Red Sox made their first big splash in the offseason, dealing top prospects Casey Kelly (P), Anthony Rizzo (1B), Reymond Fuentes (OF) and a player to be named later to the Padres for Adrian Gonzalez, according to ESPN.  

This is a huge steal for the Sox.  

The hot stove is just starting to warm, and the Red Sox are making headlines alongside their rival Yankees. Not only are the Red Sox somewhat in the running for Cliff Lee (more likely just to up the price), they apparently were in the Mariano Rivera race. Whereas the Yankees invited captain Derek Jeter to test the free agent market, they made no such indications with Rivera, and for this exact reason.

Adam Dunn finally got his wish.  When Dunn's signing with the Chicago White Sox becomes official, he will have the longest contract of his career.  Last time he went through free agency, he could only find a two year deal.  But, thanks to GM Kenny Williams, Dunn has long-term security through 2014.

And Williams will have another albatross contract.

When the Winter Meetings begin on Monday, the Los Angeles Dodgers front office will have already accomplished several of their objectives. General Manager Ned Colletti filled out the rotation by re-signing Ted Lilly and Hiroki Kuroda before bringing back Jon Garland.

Is Carl Crawford really worth the eight-year deal that he's demanding?

Will Jayson Werth turn into the next J.D. Drew if he signs with the club?

This season you saw some new names with the Boston Red Sox. So what names will be heard again when Opening Day comes? This is who to expect in Boston for the 2011 MLB season. This also looks at the Derek Jeter rumor around the middle, and what you should expect of the Yankee captain. The Red Sox struggled due to injury in 2010, but expect many players to return to form, and see some players attempt to kick start their career once again.

In baseball, divisions can be won or lost based on what a team does in the winter months, and perhaps more so than any other division, the NL Central could be decided by a few key off season moves.

The division looks to be a three team race between the Cardinals, Reds, and Cubs. The Brewers are also capable of making some noise, while the Astros and Pirates are in the middle of rebuilding and could see marked improvement in the years to come.

New York Mets SS Jose Reyes has fallen on hard times the last two years thanks to the injury bug. When he has been healthy he has been one of the best top-of-the-order producers in all of MLB. He is still young at 27 years old and has some of that electrifying speed that made him one of the top basestealers in baseball from 2005-2008. The Mets have made it clear they don't necessarily want to move Reyes but if the right deal came along they wouldn't turn it down. Here are 5 teams that Jose Reyes could go to and make an impact with.

The 2011 Major League Baseball season seems a long ways away, but it is never too early to take a glance at potential impact rookies for next season.

Jeremy Hellickson, 23, a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, leads a group of 10 players who are ready to make an impact on their respective teams in 2011.

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As the 20th manager in New York Mets history, Terry Collins gave the impression during his introductory press conference that he wanted to start from scratch with his newly inherited team and go back to the basics.

He said that as the game changes, players are spending less time learning and developing at the minor league level, and now the major league level is where players need to be taught the fundamentals of the game.