Yu Darvish will reportedly meet with the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers as he progresses through free agency.

Darvish met face-to-face with the Chicago Cubs earlier this week.

Jon Daniels claimed that the Rangers had no meeting planned with Darvish.

Yu Darvish says he had a "very good meeting" on Monday with the Chicago Cubs.

Darvish tweeted in Japanese confirmation of the meeting amid reports that Chicago executives Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer were in Dallas to speak with him.

Darvish was 10-12 with a 3.86 ERA last season for the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a two-year deal with Drew Smyly worth $10 million.

Smyly can earn $7 million in performance bonuses, according to a source.

He never threw a pitch for the Seattle Mariners in 2017 because of arm troubles that led to Tommy John surgery in June. Smyly will likely miss most, if not all, of the coming season as well.

Smyly, 27, is 31-27 with a 3.74 ERA over parts of five seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays.

Chris Archer is drawing a lot of interest on the trade market and the Tampa Bay Rays have heard from the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins.

Archer would bring back a huge haul, but it remains to be seen if the Rays would seriously consider trading him.

He has pitched to a 3.63 ERA/3.46 FIP combination with 9.72 K/9 against 2.94 BB/9 in 967 career innings and has made no fewer than 32 starts four years in a row.

The Boston Red Sox, looking to add to their offense, have inquired with the Chicago Cubs about trading for Kyle Schwarber, according to a report.

The Red Sox would be able to mask Schwarber's defensive shortcomings by playing him at designated hitter.

Boston finished last in the American League with 168 home runs in 2017, the first time that has happened since 1993.

To this point, the Cubs are considered unlikely to deal Schwarber.

After an impressive performance against them in the NLCS, the Cubs have agreed to a two-year deal with free-agent right-hander Brandon Morrow, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The club has not confirmed the signing.

Morrow, 33, pitched for the Dodgers last season, compiling a 2.06 ERA with 2 saves in 45 games.

Giancarlo Stanton has declared that he'll only accept a trade to the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Yankees, according to a report.

Despite a high price tag, the Yankees are "kicking the tires" on Stanton.

Stanton had been linked heavily to the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants this month. He met with both clubs, but his full no-trade clause has allowed him to indicate he doesn't want to join either club.

The slugger is owed $295 million over the next 10 years.

The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a three-year contract with Tyler Chatwood.

The deal is worth $38 million, according to a report.

"Uber-talented right-hander moving into his prime," Theo Epstein said of Chatwood. "He has great makeup. We think his best days are ahead of him. We're getting him into an environment where we think he can gain consistency with all of his pitches and play to his strengths a little bit more."

After pitching for the Colorado Rockies, Chatwood said he won't miss having Coors Field as his home ballpark.

"Yeah, it's going to be nice," he said. "Kind of be able to have the same routine and work on stuff and have your ball do the same thing, home and away, it's going to be pretty nice.

"I can focus on making my pitches. I can work on it more consistently, I would say. I don't have to worry about if it's going to move or if it's not going to move, or if I'm going to have to spin it different. Just focus on being more consistent and using my full arsenal instead of not using everything."

The Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers met with Shohei Otani on Tuesday as the Japanese phenom continues to sit down with Major League suitors, according to multiple reports.

Otani reportedly met with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels and San Francisco Giants on Monday.

The San Diego Padres are also expected to meet with Otani.

The window for Ohtani to negotiate with clubs will expire at 11:59 p.m. ET on Dec. 22.