MLB

The Los Angeles Dodgers have added to their already strong outfield depth, swinging a deal with the Cincinnati Reds to acquire Chris Heisey.

ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick first reported the trade, and CBS Sports' Jon Heyman added details:

The Pittsburgh Pirates currently are not a complete team.  

The team lacks starting pitching, as two of its top starters from last year (Francisco Liriano and Edinson Volquez) are both currently on the free-agent market seeking deals.

After much deliberation, outfielder Torii Hunter will play in his 19th MLB season next year after signing a free-agent deal with the Twins. 

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Hunter is heading to Minnesota once again:

Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports provided the financial details: 

The MLB trade market figures to heat up when the annual winter meetings begin on Sunday in San Diego.

It isn't often that sports officials make history, but Dale Scott has done precisely that by becoming the first active MLB umpire to come out as gay.

From top to bottom, the NL East is ripe with riveting offseason storylines. I will be taking over as a virtual general manager over the next few slides in hopes of addressing each team's most glaring weakness with a potential offseason move.

The Washington Nationals remain the clear favorites in the division, but questions linger after another postseason disappointment. Would another dependable bullpen arm strengthen their cause? 

Former MLB slugger Jose Canseco is back on the market, which is apparently not a comfortable place for him to be.

With the winter meetings beginning Sunday in San Diego, the trade talk around MLB is going to reach a fever pitch soon enough (not that there aren’t a bevy of rumors currently making their way around Twitter).

To that end, here are three MLB trade scenarios based on actual need and published rumors from the last week. 

With the overwhelming failure rate of prospects, teams can only be so patient or forgiving with their young players. However, they tend to be more lenient when that player is a former top draft pick or international signee given the amount of money originally invested as well as the pride at stake.

Max Scherzer spent the 2014 season doing more than just playing baseball. During the course of the year, from spring training through the playoffs, the free-agent right-hander also was conducting a rather interesting—and really risky—experiment of sorts.