I agree with Jeff's assessment that this wouldn't even have been a thought earlier in the year. I'd probably pass on making it, even though I'm typically pretty aggressive with how teams should make QOs. There's still a decent chance Estrada would reject and hit the market in search of a three-year deal that could be there, but I feel like with his lack of a consistent track record and age, the QO would impact him more adversely than most. If he accepted, the one-year deal for him might not be a terrible thing -- he was worth $15.8MM and then some this year -- but probably not the way the Jays want to allocate $16MM of next year's payroll. Plus, this is a guy who's only made $10MM in his career... that's further incentive to take it.

You could make a case that a buy-low former No. 1 overall prospect is a good fit for any team in baseball. But he's been pretty terrible, and I wouldn't have overly high expectations wherever he signs. Even in his strong 2013 season, he was superhuman for about 6-7 weeks and terrible for the remainder of the year.

I don't expect them to, no.

Trea Turner might be better than Chris Taylor right now. Nationals will probably shop Storen this winter, and Seattle may very well show interest, but Taylor for Storen doesn't do much for Washington except clear payroll space. If they want a stopgap, there are plenty of glove-first options they can pick up on the cheap this winter... Cliff Pennington, Clint Barmes, etc.

White Sox are taking on more money over a longer term in that deal -- not sure why they do that without the A's adding in additional value.

Either non-tendering him or working out a two-year deal that pays him peanuts in 2016 and a more reasonable guarantee in 2017. The team probably doesn't even know which yet, though. I'd non-tender him as opposed to tying up 2017 payroll in a complete unknown.

Hanley couldn't really play third base even when he was playing third base. Not a whole lot of reason to dive into those waters.

I say it whenever I'm asked this -- I don't know enough about Kim Ng to say that she should or shouldn't be a GM, but the notion that she should be hired just because she's a woman makes no more sense than passing over her based on her gender. Let her qualifications get her there, and if they never do, I certainly hope that, and not her gender, is the reason for it. Sadly, there probably are some owners/presidents not ready for it, but I doubt those teams are even interviewing her in the first place.

Blanks and Corporan already elected FA, so they're out. Others... Bobby Wilson and Chris Gimenez are the only that jump out. Some might say Leonys Martin after the 2015 he had, but I'm sure there'd be trade interest.

The fact that they gave up Miller for Heyward won't impact their desire to re-sign him. They want to keep Heyward because he's a great player, not to avoid the "How could they give up Miller for Heyward" blowback. They knew full well that Miller could be great for four years when they traded him. Heyward was incredible for them in 2015; they got what they wanted. (And for what it's worth, Miller wasn't that good after the first couple months -- though I still think Atlanta did well to get him)

Probably could, yeah. They offered Lester $168MM last winter. Zimmermann+Leake will cost more than that, sure, but it shows they have the cash to spend.

Klentak is incredibly smart, personable, thoughtful and has a great background. I've had the chance to speak to him a few times in the past and each time came away thinking he was likable and very, very knowledgeable. Phillies are in good hands.

That said, while Amaro takes tons of flak, he deserves credit for his final year as GM. Phillies added a ton of talent.

Carlos Gonzalez, if you're looking at guys that will fetch a nice return. Wilin Rosario might be more likely to go, but he's not bringing anything back in return.

Predicting bonuses for Cuban free agents is a complete and utter crapshoot. Even people who follow the market aggressively and report solely on international free agents often miss wildly. I'm not the right person to ask in the first place, but there might not be a person in the world who could answer that accurately with any sort of certainty.

Rays. Avi Garcia is not very good. Not at all.

He's probably in that 4/50 range, which the Braves can afford, though I'm not sure they really need to be spending tens of millions on free agents at this time. I guess if the idea is to bring in a mid-range guy that can help in 2016 because next offseason's crop of pitchers is garbage, then that makes some degree of sense.

At any rate, yeah they can afford Gallardo.

Ideally, a good fourth outfielder could play center field well. Brown can't even play the corners well. He should go to a team that can give him a chance to get everyday ABs in right or left and hope that a change of scenery and new coaching helps him turn his swing around. I don't see that happening, personally, but he's still young-ish, I suppose.

Traded, I think. Too good of a glove to just non-tender at that price.

I'd hope they have more important things to do with their time.

Anthopoulos said he thinks both are starters long-term. I think Sanchez goes back for sure in 2016. Osuna's less certain... maybe dependent on how their pursuits of other SPs pans out.

Yankees, Astros, D-Backs, Red Sox, Nationals, Tigers all make some sense to me.

Lawrie, sure, it's possible.

The ask on Longoria would be huge. He's been more good than great with the bat over the past two seasons, but he's such a good defender and the contract is very reasonable. I don't see it, especially since the Rays need bats more than arms anyway.

I'd vote for Donaldson and Greinke. I wouldn't fight anyone at all if they wanted to vote Trout, Arrieta or Kershaw though. (Well, unless they tried to vote Trout for NL Cy Young or Arrieta for AL MVP. Then, I'd protest.)

Eddie Rosario in LF, Aaron Hicks in CF and cheap stopgap acquisition or Oswaldo Arcia in right field. I can see a stopgap like Gentry, Bourjos, Stubbs making sense.

I wouldn't vote for him, no, but I can see him getting tons of votes due to the Gold Gloves, highlight-reel catches and much of the media generally loving him. I wouldn't be stunned if he got in, but I don't think he should go, no.

Pretty decent. Twins will be in the mix as well, but Atlanta wants him back.

Both Kingham and Ramirez had their stock drop a fair amount in 2015, as I understand... I'd imagine Cleveland would hold out for more, though Santana's dip in power didn't do his value tons of favors this year.

They've had interest in him in the past, so that makes sense to me, yeah.

I don't expect either to return.

All points make sense to me. Pierzynski's old but will have his share of offers.