What a difference a year makes. 

At the end of the 2014 season, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was coming off a fantastic campaign and was widely considered one of the top young players in MLB.

New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson earned Executive of the Year honors from Baseball America on Tuesday for building a roster that carried the organization to a World Series appearance.  

The Seattle Mariners acquired Mark Trumbo in a trade last season, but the 29-year-old veteran's stay in the Pacific Northwest could be brief.  

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There was no bigger rumor coming out of the Thanksgiving break than a report from the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo that Boston is trying to move Hanley Ramirez and has targeted three American League clubs—Baltimore, Los Angeles and Seattle—as potential trade partners.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have made no secret about their offseason pursuit of a front-of-the-rotation starter to pair with ace Clayton Kershaw and keep them as legitimate World Series contenders.

The guy who used to play there isn't a realistic option, but the New York Yankees clearly need something at second base.

Move over, Jay Z, there is a new musician-turned-sports agent in town. Magnus Media, a company which singer Marc Anthony founded, announced Monday the signing of Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman as its first client under the new Magnus Sports umbrella.

The MLB hot stove is fully engulfed. Trades, free-agent moves and the rumors in between have been running rampant, and things are only going to get crazier as we approach the winter meetings.

The market for starting pitching has begun to move, with J.A. Happ signing with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and Jordan Zimmermann agreeing to a deal with the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

They're significant deals for significant money, as Zimmermann's reported $110 million-for-five-years price tag caused Matt Ehalt of the Record to tweet:

Jordan Zimmermann busted through the 2015 free-agent logjam Sunday when he inked a five-year pact with the Detroit Tigers. Now, the offseason's deep pool of pitchers can (and will) flow in his wake.