The Marlins have made locking up Giancarlo Stanton their top offseason priority, and they’re willing to make a record-breaking offer to prove it. Stanton, runner-up for National League MVP, and the Marlins have been discussing a contract extension with a framework of 10 years and $300 million, MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro has confirmed.

The spacious confines of Comerica Park have acres and acres of territory in center field. The trade of Austin Jackson to Seattle this past summer created a void for the Tigers in center that seemed just as big. As is always the case, the former played into the latter.

The Rangers extended the contracts of general manager Jon Daniels and assistant general manger Thad Levine on Thursday, according to CBS Sports. The club has not confirmed the extensions, but the reported deal for Daniels, whose contract would have expired after the 2015 season, is for multiple years.

Clayton Kershaw put the finishing touches on an awards season for the ages Thursday when he was named the winner of the National League Most Valuable Player Award.

This was not Mike Trout’s best season, or even his second best. But he deserved the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Pitchers winning the MVP always feels a little icky. But Clayton Kershaw deserved the National League MVP Award, too.

Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo spent Thursday afternoon teaching 25 special-needs children the basics of hitting, catching and pitching. He was joined by teammate Tanner Scheppers and bench coach Steve Buechele.

The World Series celebration continues and this time it’ll light up Kansas City’s famous Country Club Plaza with the traditional holiday lights.Kansas City Power & Light has selected Royals left fielder Alex Gordon to flip the switch that will turn on the thousands of colorful lights in the 85th Plaza lighting ceremony. He’ll be assisted by his family and general manager Dayton Moore and his family.

The probable next chance for Reds general manager Walt Jocketty to meet personally with teams, players or agents is when the annual Winter Meetings commence on Dec. 8 in San Diego. When those meetings happen, there will likely be a new member of the front office in the Reds’ suite in Kevin Towers.

For the first time since 2010, the American League Most Valuable Player Award winner is not a Detroit Tiger. Victor Martinez came about as close as any designated hitter ever has. While Angels center fielder Mike Trout finally beat out a Detroiter for AL MVP honors, winning the vote unanimously, Martinez finished as the runner-up. The DH received 16 of the 30 second-place votes, twice as many as third-place finisher Michael Brantley of the Indians.

Mike Trout of the Angels won his first American League MVP Award on Thursday night, and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers earned the National League honor, marking only the 11th time that two players from the same market captured the hardware for the same season.

The Rockies are in negotiations with the National Hockey League, the owners of the Colorado Avalanche and sponsor MillerCoors toward bringing an NHL Stadium Series game to Coors Field during the 2015-16 season.

Alvin Dark, a Rookie of the Year and three-time All-Star shortstop who managed the Giants and A’s to the World Series, died Thursday. He was 92.

Aaron Crow, a Kansas City reliever for the last four years, pitched in with a crew from the Royals’ work force to serve a Thanksgiving meal to folks in need at the City Union Mission of Kansas City. Crow’s group waited on 225 diners at the Men’s Center, and another group of Royals associates served 85 at the Family Center.

Walk through the baseball offices of Melching Field at Conrad Park, move past the bulletin board and step into the Stetson Hatters’ locker room. Check out one locker under a flat-panel TV and another near the door to the dugout. One is signed by Corey Kluber, the 2014 American League Cy Young Award winner; the other by Jacob deGrom, 2014 National League Rookie of the Year.

Shortstop Ian Desmond turned down a seven-year, $107 million contract from the Nationals prior to Spring Training earlier this year, a baseball source has confirmed. The Washington Post was first to report the offer. Desmond and the Nationals then agreed upon a two-year, $17.5 million deal to complete his arbitration years.

After four days of formal and informal meetings, the annual General Managers Meetings closed Thursday with an hour-long session at the Arizona Biltmore.

The Mets intend to have some sort of plan in place on how exactly to handle Matt Harvey and his usage in his return from Tommy John surgery, though the specifics are still in the works.