The Oakland Athletics reportedly traded infielder Danny Valencia to the division-rival Seattle Mariners Saturday in exchange for pitching prospect Paul Blackburn. 

The 2016-17 MLB offseason is already picking up steam here midway through the month of November, with a number of significant moves already made, as detailed by Spotrac.

Bartolo Colon was a 20-year-old kid in 1994, already a promising prospect but too young and raw to help a Cleveland Indians team that was ready to win.

Mabel Ball—the 108-year-old Chicago Cubs fan who lived for the full length of the team's World Series drought before it was snapped last month—died Tuesday. 

Major League Baseball's award season continued on Friday with the announcement of this year's Defensive Player of the Year at each position, along with Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts being named the overall Defensive Player of the Year. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Friday that they traded Howie Kendrick to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Darnell Sweeney and Darin Ruf.  

Kendrick spent the last two seasons with the Dodgers after nine with the Los Angeles Angels. 

After spending all of 2015 as their starting second baseman, Kendrick was a utility man in 2016 while veteran Chase Utley was Los Angeles' go-to guy at the position. 

The Toronto Blue Jays appear to have found their answer at designated hitter, signing Kendrys Morales to a three-year contract.

Christopher Meola first reported the three-year deal. Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com confirmed the agreement, adding that it will pay Morales $33 million total.

Bartolo Colon will pitch again in 2017 after the Atlanta Braves reportedly signed him to a free-agent contract Friday. 

Imagine, if you will, that you are an agent. Your client, Player X, is a free agent and has drawn offers from each of MLB's 30 teams. (Yes, this never happens in real life, but play along.) All of the offers are similar.

How do you advise your client to make the best possible decision?

You prepare a detailed report for him, taking these factors into account:

As the Chicago Cubs' celebration over a century in the making wraps up, MLB has quickly shifted to offseason mode.

All 30 teams will waste no time mapping out their winter blueprints in preparation for 2017. Birds have started chirping about baseball's hottest free agents, but not everyone has enough cash to spend. Even those who do would still like to pawn off recent signings for newer models.