Very few expect Torii Hunter’s arrival to be the lone major move of the Tigers’ offseason. Fewer would be surprised if it isn’t even the club’s biggest move by the time the Winter Meetings conclude on Dec. 6.

Jon Daniels is playing quarterback for the Rangers. He is sitting in the pocket, waiting for a receiver to come open.

Evan Longoria’s six-year, $100 million contract extension doesn’t affect the Rays’ short-term plans at all. He still has four years left on the most club-friendly contract in baseball, and he wasn’t going anywhere until it expired. But it did once again raise a number of questions about the franchise’s long-term future, that owner Stu Sternberg addressed on Monday.

Once the news of Evan Longoria’s contract extension through at least 2022 broke on Monday morning, teammates and others in the organization voiced their pleasure with the deal.

Craig Biggio insists he hasn’t had much time to consider whether he’s going to wind up in the National Baseball Hall of Fame next year. If it happens, he said he’ll be honored. If not, his busy life will keep chugging away. Biggio, whose 20-year Astros career ended in 2007 with 3,060 hits, slowed down long enough Monday to talk Hall of Fame with the Houston media at Minute Maid Park.

One by one, D-backs general manager Kevin Towers has crossed items off his offseason shopping list. But the D-backs still have a couple of additions they’d like to make.

Veteran Jonathan Broxton and the Reds could be close to completing a three-year contract, sources told FoxSports.com/MLB Network’s Ken Rosenthal on Monday. The move would allow Cincinnati to move Aroldis Chapman to the starting rotation.

The Rangers could know something about catcher Mike Napoli before the Winter Meetings start on Monday, but free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton’s ultimate destination remains a mystery.

Joe Torre’s Team USA coaching staff for the 2013 World Baseball Classic was announced on Monday, led by three former managers and legendary Braves Dale Murphy and Greg Maddux.

Almost two months after the forgettable finish, the White Sox hitting coach Jeff Manto considers his first year on this job a success thanks to the talented group he oversaw. He also believes the club’s late September fade was as much mental as it was physical.

The annual Winter Meetings have often brought a bonanza of big free-agent deals that have eye-popping nine-figure contracts.

General manager Alex Anthopoulos will head to next week’s Winter Meetings with most of his offseason needs already fulfilled. Toronto has been by far the most active team since the end of the 2012 campaign and there aren’t many items left on the to-do list.

The Angels stole the show at last year’s Winter Meetings, signing Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson practically minutes apart from one another on the morning of the final day. The possibility for another big Meetings will probably exist once again. It’s no secret that the Angels’ priority is Zack Greinke.

Seven organizations each boast two representatives on the Arizona Fall League’s Top Prospects Team, announced Monday afternoon.

It is possible that the Yankees could be in good position to create headlines at next week’s Winter Meetings, which will begin on Monday in Nashville.

Ryan Madson was too expensive for the Angels last offseason after they committed more than $315 million on Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson in one fell swoop. This year, as one industry source put it, he seems like “the perfect fit” for their needy bullpen.

The addition of Tyson Ross hasn’t changed the Padres’ singular focus this offseason: adding starting pitchers, likely two of them, to bolster a rotation that was ravaged by injuries in 2012.