The 2025-26 Major League Baseball offseason continues, with Winter meetings lagging behind us, we move deeper into off-season sports calendar. Among other things, winter in baseball means a constant influx of rumors about free agent signings, trades and the like. By the way, you can find Friday's review just below.
The Pirates, Astros and Rays enter into a three-team trade that will result in infielder Brandon Lowe to Pittsburgh and right-hander Mike Burrows to Houston, Athletic reports. There are different perspectives involved for the Rays.
Lowe, 31 and approaching his walk year, is a staple second baseman with good power. He'll finish the season with 31 home runs in 2025, and he'll hit a career-high 39 home runs in 2021 for the Rays. For his career, Lowe had an OPS+ of 123 and a WAR of 17.8 in eight MLB seasons. Burrows, 26, a rookie last season, posted a 109 ERA+ and 4.00 FIP in 96 innings last season. Of his 23 games played in 2025, 19 were starts. Last season, Burroughs averaged 95.5 mph on his fastball and earned 43.1 percent of his changeup velocity.
Here's what the full deal looks like, according to Ken Rosenthal:
RJ Anderson of CBS Sports appreciated the tradewith the Astros coming out worse than the Pirates and Rays. And Dane Perry has details on another deal with Tampa Bay that was completed on Friday. sends pitcher Shane Base to the Orioles.
Parents play KBO star
The Padres have agreed to terms with infielder Son Sung-Moon of Korea. Robert Murray from Fanside reports. According to the deal, Song will receive approximately $13 million over three years. Francis Romero. The song, 29 years old, was published for Major League Baseball teams in November.
Over nine seasons in the KBO, Korea's top professional tournament, Son batted .283/.347/.431. Over the past two seasons, however, Son has reached new heights at the plate, and in 2025 for the Kiwoom Heroes, he batted .315/.387/.530 ​​with 26 home runs and 25 stolen bases in 144 games. In his professional career, he was a primary third baseman, but he also spent time at second and first base.
The Royals have acquired an experienced left winger. Matt Strahm from the Phillies in exchange for the right-hander. Jonathan bowl. The Royals announced the deal on Friday.
Strahm is 34 years old and under contract through 2026 with a club option worth $4.5 million. For his career, he has a 126 ERA+ and a 3.56 FIP in 395 appearances spread over 10. Major League Baseball seasons. He has reached new heights over the past two years, as Strahm had a 2.30 ERA in 2024 and 2025 combined with 149 strikeouts in 125 innings. He was an All-Star in 2024.
As for Bowlan, the 29-year-old right-hander has a 97 ERA+ and a 4.86 FIP in 37 MLB games. The vast majority of those appearances came in 2025, when he had a 3.86 ERA and a 2.71 K/BB ratio in 44 â…“ innings for the Royals.
Later Friday, the Phillies added another pitcher to their bullpen lineup, moving to a lefty. Kyle Bacchus in a deal with Diamondbacks. Bacchus, 27, had a 4.62 ERA in 32 appearances for Arizona in 2025. He held left-handed hitters to a .139/.225/.278 slash line. Right-handed hitters, however, hit .365/.417/.571. As part of the deal, the D-Defens acquired minor league outfielder Avery Owusu-Asiedu.
