With David Ortiz’s career reportedly coming to an end after the 2016 season, memories are sure to come flooding out for Red Sox fans. And as impressive as Ortiz’s numbers have been, his career will be defined more by moments than stats.

If the Reds wanted to add a touch of theatrics to this thing, they’d set up shop in the lobby of the Winter Meetings next month and ask teams hoping to trade for closer Aroldis Chapman to take a number.

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz will retire after the 2016 season, according to a report by FoxSports.com. Neither Ortiz nor the Red Sox have confirmed the report.

Since the start of the Hot Stove season, the Marlins have stated their top priority is adding starting pitching depth behind their ace, Jose Fernandez. Now a report Tuesday afternoon questions whether Fernandez will be part of Miami’s 2016 plans.

Before Christian Colon hit the go-ahead RBI single in the 12th inning of Game 5 of the World Series, the Royals infielder predicted the scenario. He hadn’t yet appeared in a postseason game, but he was ready to go.

Carlos Correa and Kris Bryant were announced as the winners of 2015 Rookie of the Year Awards on Tuesday night, but there’s no better time to look ahead to a year from now.

Legendary Cuban baseball player Lazaro Vargas and his son, top infield prospect Miguel Vargas, have left the island, according to industry sources, and are currently in an undisclosed location.

The Braves may not yet be done trading centerpiece-type players, according to FOXSports.com. FOXSports.com cited sources from three clubs as saying that Atlanta has been shopping first baseman Freddie Freeman, with one noting that the discussions were “the talk of the [Arizona] Fall League” this month.

The five-player trade between the Mariners and Rangers on Monday shook up the Hot Stove rumor mill.

While other awards come with a flurry of statistics floating around to support one candidate over another, the Manager of the Year honor generally has to do with one number: wins.

What if the World Series, the sport’s signature tournament and heretofore a bastion of tradition in its arrangement, went the way of the Super Bowl and other neutral-site championship settings?

The Mariners are close — really close — to being a postseason team. At least that’s how new general manager Jerry Dipoto sees it.

The entire history of baseball has seen only 10 players enjoy a debut campaign in an age-20 or younger season and celebrate that year by amassing at least 20 home runs. And that’s just one way to take stock of Carlos Correa’s extraordinary rookie campaign.

Astros shortstop Carlos Correa and Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant stormed onto the Major League scene in 2015, tortured opposing teams and continued their astounding success when they were announced as the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Rookie of the Year Award winners for the American and National Leagues, respectively, on Monday night. On Friday, we’ll see if either one will add the Esurance MLB Award for Best Rookie to his trophy case.

Now that the heads of the Reds baseball operations department have made it clear that they would listen to trade proposals for any player on their roster, rumors have been spinning various names around like autumn’s ubiquitous leaf blower.

Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, who has now added 2015 National League Rookie of the Year to his impressive list of accomplishments, is one of 12 players who finished the year with at least 273 total bases and 77 walks.

The Rangers have upgraded their bullpen by acquiring veteran reliever Tom Wilhelmsen along with outfielder James Jones and a player to be named later from the Mariners.