The Washington Nationals have a history of bolstering the backbone of their contending teams via the very top of the MLB draft. First came Stephen Strasburg in 2009, then Bryce Harper in 2010. When July arrives,

The Washington Nationals will have the No. 1 overall pick in the amateur draft for the first time since selecting a 17-year-old Bryce Harper in 2010. Washington got the top overall pick in next summer's draft after winning a lottery in a drawing of ping-pong balls at the winter meetings on Tuesday,

General manager Chris Getz said he didn’t come into the MLB winter meetings thinking the Chicago White Sox “needed to do this or that.” “So much of this is — whether it be discussions with player agents,

The Boston Red Sox have one of the best, if not the best farm systems in all of baseball and have a need in the starting pitching department, making them a natural suitor for Garrett Crochet, an ace-caliber pitcher who is said to be available in a trade with the rebuilding Chicago White Sox.

According to Jon Morosi of MLB Network, the Milwaukee Brewers are one of the team's engaged with the Chicago White Sox on trade candidate Garrett Crochet. Morosi put the message out on Monday morning from the Winter Meetings in Dallas.