On Wednesday, two free agent first baseman came off the board with the Washington Nationals signing Matt Adams to a one year, $4 million deal and the Cleveland Indians bringing in Yonder Alonso on a two-year, $16 million deal. The Alonso deal includes a vesting option for a third season.

The 29-year-old Adams appeared in 131 games total between the two clubs and hit to a .274/.319/.522 clip in 367 at-bats. He also had 20 homers, 65 RBI, a 112 wRC+ and .346 wOBA.

In the field, he provides pretty solid defense. Over 515.0 innings at first base in 2017, he was good for 1 DRS and a 3.7 UZR.

Alonso spent the 2017 with the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners and hit 28 homers to go along with 67 RBI. He also hit to a .266/.365/.501 clip with a 132 wRC+ and .366 wOBA in 521 plate appearances.

The 31-year-old also spent 1,070.0 innings at first base in 2017, registering a -9 DRS and -2.8 UZR. In his career he has also had cups of coffee at third base and outfield.

The first base market is now down to Lucas Duda, Eric Hosmer, Logan Morrison, Mike Napoli, Adam Lind, Mark Reynolds and the recently released Adrian Gonzalez.

Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports reported on Wednesday night that the Colorado Rockies are now talking to free agent reliever Addison Reed. Heyman reports that the Rockies are still closing to Greg Holland and Wade Davis as well.

The Rockies have already signed relievers Bryan Shaw and Jake McGee this offseason.

The 28-year-old is expected to command a three-to-four year deal on the open market and is coming off a season in which he pitched to the tune of a 2.84 ERA in 77 appearances between the Mets and Boston Red Sox.

This is the second consecutive year with 77+ appearances for Reed as he had 80 the previous year. He also had 19 saves and a fantastic 5.07 SO/BB ratio.

Other MLB News and Notes

The big news on Wednesday of course was the San Francisco Giants trading Denard Span, Carlos Arroyo and two pitching prospects to the Tampa Bay Rays for third baseman Evan Longoria.

San Diego Padres released veteran lefty Travis Wood. The 30-year-old was awful in 2017 with a 6.80 ERA, 5.90 FIP and 1.73 WHIP in 94 combined innings between the Padres and Kansas City Royals.

The Milwaukee Brewers finalized a deal with right-handed starter Jhoulys Chacin to a two-year deal worth $15 million.

Jon Heyman of Fan Rag Sports reports that Jacoby Ellsbury has changed his tune and might consider waiving his no-trade clause for a few teams including the Giants.

The Nationals signed former Met Tommy Milone to a minor league deal. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN reports that he could make a $1.2 million base salary and earn another $1 million in incentives.

Preston Tucker was traded by the Houston Astros to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later or cash. In the corresponding 40-man roster move the Braves designated righty Luke Jackson for assignment.