Freddie Freeman is one year away from free agency and the Atlanta Braves are likely to make it a priority to sign the first baseman to a new contract this offseason.

The Braves drafted Freeman in the second round of the 2007 MLB Draft. He earned 28 of the 30 first-place votes for the NL MVP Award this past season.

Freeman is set to earn $22 million in 2021, the final season of an eight-year, $135 million contract.

The Toronto Blue Jays are going after free agent outfielders Michael Brantley and George Springer.

The report says talks have "progressed beyond just talking," but nothing is imminent.

Toronto is one of just a few clubs with money to spend this offseason.

The Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization posted star shortstop Ha-Seong Kim for Major League teams last week.

Kim's 30-day negotiating window closes at 5 p.m. ET on Dec. 25.

The 25-year-old hit .306/.397/.523 with a career-high 30 home runs in 138 games in 2020.

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will be closed for at least 10 days after it was revealed that two staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

The museum hopes to reopen on Dec. 8.

During the shutdown, the museum will do a deep cleaning of the offices and make sure the staff is 100 percent healthy.

The NLBM was shut down for almost three months from March 15 to June 12.

The Cincinnati Reds have traded Robert Stephenson to the Colorado Rockies in a four-player deal.

The Rockies also acquired Minor League outfielder Jameson Hannah, while the Reds received right-handed pitchers Jeff Hoffman and Case Williams.

Stephenson, 27, made 10 relief appearances for the Reds last season and 59 in 2019. In five seasons with the Reds, he was 10-13 with a 5.15 ERA across 104 appearances that included 22 starts.

The Philadelphia Phillies lost $145 million during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season played without fans, according to a source.

The club finished 28-32 last season, one game shy of ending a nine-year postseason drought. They haven't had a winning season since 2011.

Philadelphia is searching for a new general manager and faces decisions about J.T. Realmuto and Didi Gregorius.

Left-handed starter Mike Minor and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on a two-year deal that is pending a physical, sources confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

With the deal, Minor returns to the city where he revitalized his career as a reliever in 2017.

The Atlanta Braves have signed Charlie Morton to a one-year, $15 million contract.

Morton, 37, hit the market after the Tampa Bay Rays declined his $15 million option for 2021.

Tampa Bay wanted to re-sign Morton, but weren't willing to match Atlanta's offer.

Morton was drafted by the Braves in 2002.

Adam Wainwright is waiting to see if he has a future with the St. Louis Cardinals.

"I know the nature of the business of baseball with salaries, and not sure what the revenues will be like next year," Wainwright said. "Or the fan situation.

"St. Louis is very dependent on their fan situation to bring in revenues to offset player costs. They said that, and I really believe them. They don't have the billion, billion, billion dollar TV deals that some other teams do."

Wainwright broke in with the Cardinals in 2005, spending the entirety of his 15-year career with them. He is a free agent.

Randy Arozarena has been detained in Mexico's Yucatan state for a situation involving allegations of domestic violence.

The Tampa Bay Rays outfielder has been detained "for problems relating to his ex-partner."

Arozarena has not been formally charged yet. Mexican law allows a two-day period for prosecutors to decide whether to bring charges. Normally suspects are held in jail pending that decision.

He hit .377 with 10 homers and 14 RBIs in 20 postseason games for Tampa Bay. He was named MVP of the AL Championship Series.