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The Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Nationals have already proven that they're willing to surrender top draft picks to sign top free agents. Victor Martinez, Carl Crawford, Adam Dunn and Jayson Werth all cost draft picks, but they aren't the only ones attached to selections in the 2011 draft.

Teams will also have to surrender draft choices to sign Type A free agents Grant Balfour, Adrian Beltre, Scott Downs, Cliff Lee and Carl Pavano since those players all turned down offers of arbitration. Keep in mind that the Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Nationals have already surrendered their top pick, so signing one of the remaining Type A free agents would only cost them a second or third rounder.

A little historical context: last offseason, teams gave up picks to sign Jose Valverde, Matt Holliday, Jason Bay, Mike Gonzalez, John Lackey, Chone Figgins, Marco Scutaro and Billy Wagner.

In the 2008-09 offseason, clubs surrendered draft choices to sign Orlando Cabrera, Juan Cruz, Orlando Hudson, Derek Lowe, Mark Teixeira, Brian Fuentes, C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Raul Ibanez and Francisco Rodriguez.

Victor Martinez, John Buck, A.J. Pierzynski, Miguel Olivo and Yorvit Torrealba have all agreed to multiyear deals this offseason and the pool of available free agent catchers figures to shrink a little more if Henry Blanco works out a deal with Arizona, Matt Treanor returns to Texas and Russell Martin signs with one of his AL East suitors. Here's a look at which teams could use catching depth and where they might find it:

Teams with potential interest in catching depth:

• Baltimore – The Orioles have Matt Wieters, but could look to upgrade over Jake Fox and Craig Tatum.
• St. Louis – The Cardinals are looking for a backup catcher and they consider Gregg Zaun a fallback option.
• Milwaukee – The Brewers could add a backstop to compete with Jonathan Lucroy, George Kottaras, Mike Rivera and Wil Nieves.
• Los Angeles – A.J. Ellis was a serviceable backup last year, so the Dodgers' need for catching is mild.
• San Diego – The Padres are looking for someone to back up Nick Hundley. Something tells me that Luis Martinez won't still be the only other catcher on the team's 40-man roster this spring.
• Colorado – Now that Olivo's back in Seattle, the Rockies may look to find a new complement to Chris Iannetta.
• Diamondbacks – If their discussions with Blanco fall through, they could be looking for depth.

Catchers on the free agent market:

• Josh Bard
• Gerald Laird
• Bengie Molina
• Gregg Zaun
• Henry Blanco, Russell Martin and Matt Treanor are all free agents, but are reportedly nearing deals.

Potential trade targets:

• The Pirates appear willing to part with Ryan Doumit.
• It wouldn't be shocking to see the Angels trade Jeff Mathis or Mike Napoli.
• The Yankees (Francisco Cervelli) or Red Sox (Jarrod Saltalamacchia) would have surplus catching if they sign Martin.

At least seven teams could be in the market for a backup catcher and there are not that many viable options on the free agent market, so teams with catching depth will likely draw interest in their extra backstops this winter.

The Winter Meetings have been four days of non-stop rumors, trades and mega-deals. Now that everyone has packed their bags and headed for the Orlando airport, what do we know that we didn't know a week ago? Here are a few developments:

• The Nationals have lots of money to spend – Not only did Washington sign Jayson Werth to a seven-year, $126MM deal, they are in on Cliff Lee and Carl Pavano, the best remaining starting pitchers. Plus, they're interested in a potential deal with Adam LaRoche. You can debate the way they spend their money, but you can't deny that the Nats have cash.
• It really will be a quiet offseason for the Mets – We're used to seeing the Mets spend. They've committed hundreds of millions to players like Jason Bay, Francisco Rodriguez, Johan Santana and Carlos Beltran in recent years, but their recent pickups, Ronny Paulino and D.J. Carrasco, cost them a total of $3.8MM.
• It's not a bad time to be a utility player – Just ask Miguel Cairo, Melvin Mora and Ty Wigginton, who all signed multiyear deals.
• The Pirates are being aggressive – Is this the year Pittsburgh's streak of losing seasons comes to an end? I don't think so and the Pirates probably don't either, but they willing to spend to improve upon the MLB-worst 57-105 record they had in 2010. Matt Diaz, Kevin Correia and Scott Olsen are all set to join the Pirates.
• Scott Boras can still negotiate a mega-deal – In case any doubt remained about Scott Boras' ability to get massive deals for his clients, the agent got $126MM for a player who has qualified for all of two batting titles and $10MM for a player who batted .196 last year.
• The Red Sox should have an elite lineup next year – Let's not assume anything, since the Red Sox experienced tons of injuries in 2010, but on paper Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez make Boston's lineup scary.

To say that the last few days have been busy would be a whopping understatement. The Red Sox and Nationals signed a pair of All-Star outfielders to seven-year deals, the Cliff Lee sweepstakes intensified and the Pirates, Diamondbacks and Orioles all made numerous moves. Here's a summary of the additions teams have made since Sunday: 

• Washington Nationals: Jayson Werth
• Toronto Blue Jays: Brett Lawrie
• Tampa Bay Rays: Adam Russell, Cesar Ramos
• Seattle Mariners: Miguel Olivo, Esteilon Peguero, Jack Cust
• San Diego Padres: Dustin Moseley, Jason Bartlett, Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Reymond Fuentes
• Pittsburgh Pirates: Kevin Correia, Matt Diaz, Scott Olsen, Cesar Valdez
• Philadelphia Phillies: Dennys Reyes, Brian Bass
• New York Mets: D.J. Carrasco, Ronny Paulino, Dusty Ryan, Russ Adams
• Minnesota Twins: Brett Jacobson, Jim Hoey
• Milwaukee Brewers: Shaun Marcum, Wil Nieves
• Los Angeles Dodgers: Trent Oeltjen, Tony Gwynn, Dioner Navarro
• Kansas City Royals: Melky Cabrera, Jeff Francoeur
• Houston Astros: Ryan Rowland-Smith
• Detroit Tigers: Chris Oxspring, Omir Santos
• Colorado Rockies: Ty Wigginton
• Cleveland Indians: Paul Phillips
• Cincinnati Reds: Miguel Cairo
• Chicago White Sox: Paul Konerko
• Chicago Cubs: Carlos Pena
• Boston Red Sox: Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez
• Baltimore Orioles: Brendan Harris, J.J. Hardy, Koji Uehara, Mark Reynolds
• Atlanta Braves: George Sherrill
• Arizona Diamondbacks: J.J. Putz, Melvin Mora, Kameron Mickolio, David Hernandez

Note: Teams are listed in reverse alphabetical order and the Werth and Gonzalez deals, which technically happened before the meetings began, are included. Deals that happened before Sunday, like the Adam Dunn signing, are not included. For even more transactions, check out the results of today's Rule 5 draft.

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Baseball's Winter Meetings are underway in Orlando, Florida, and MLB Trade Rumors is the only website you'll need to make sense of the mayhem.  We've got constant coverage through Thursday – there will never be a point where we don't have a writer tracking rumors and deals.

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Just a reminder that MLBTR has a sweet new free agent tracker you can use to keep track of all the signings and available free agents.  You can filter by team, position, years, and amount.

We at MLBTR are excited to announce our newest feature, a free agent tracker.  Filter and sort by team, position, contract years, contract amount, and signing status. 

We'll still be maintaining our free agent list in case you'd like to just see the unsigned players listed by position.

MLBTR keeps busting out awesome new features.  The latest is our non-tender tracker.  This chart lists all 200+ arbitration eligible players.  We'll update it constantly leading up to tonight's 11pm CDT deadline.  You can filter by team and/or the tender decision.  Enjoy!