Alex Gordon is not expected to exercise his $14 million player option with the Kansas City Royals.

The Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros are among teams rumored to have interest in Gordon.

Gordon is likely to receive an offer in the four-year range.

Dave Dombrowski has said he's pleased with the Boston Red Sox's position players, but there has been speculation that they could go after Alex Gordon in free agency.

Reports first surfaced in the New York Post earlier this week and Rob Bradford of WEEI didn't dismiss the speculation.

Gordon is expected to opt out of a $12.5 million player option with the Kansas City Royals for 2016.

Many believe the New York Mets will be players for Ian Desmond on the free agent market.

The Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins could also be in the running to sign the shortstop.

Alex Gordon will surely decline his $14 million player option for next season, but that doesn't mean he wants to leave the Kansas City Royals.

"I want to be here," Gordon said.

"This is like my second home. We love it here ... Obviously, things happen ... but this is where we want to be."

The Philadelphia Phillies outrighted Domonic Brown off their 40-man roster on October 19.

The outfielder has elected free agency. He had the option to do so because he has three years of Major League service time.

Brown, 28, hit .228/.284/.349 in 204 plate appearances this past season.

The Atlanta Braves wlll look to fortify their bullpen this offseason.

Atlanta's relievers struggled in 2015, especially after Jason Grilli was lost to injury.

Theo Epstein addressed the media on Thursday, less than 24 hours after the New York Mets swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS.

The team's first priority this offseason will be to add pitching.

"We want to continue to add impact pitching, we want to continue to add starting-pitching depth at the big league level," Epstein said.

Chicago signed Jon Lester last offseason and they will likely be linked to most top-level starters this winter.

"Some good things are happening with the pitching," Epstein said of the organization, "but we have to continue to be aggressive and add as we did last winter."

There is "no way" Alex Gordon will exercise his $14 million player option with the Kansas City Royals for 2016, according to a Major League executive.

The outfielder is primed for a much larger payday as a free agent this winter.

The New York Mets now plan to offer Daniel Murphy the one-year, $15.8 million qualifying offer following his impressive postseason.

Even at the beginning of his hot streak, the belief was that the Mets would let Murphy walk in free agency.

No player has even accepted a qualifying offer, which would give the Mets a compensatory draft pick if he signs elsewhere.

Johnny Cueto has struggled with the Kansas City Royals, but that may not keep the Boston Red Sox from making a run at him in free agency this winter.

Cueto, who will turn 30 in February, will be one of the top pitching options on the market.

The Red Sox are at least considering a major push for the right-hander, according to a Major League source.