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For two months, the Giants’ wide-ranging search for outfield help has kept the Andrew McCutchen trade rumor mill churning. But a new team entered the conversation Thursday night, when MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal reported that the Mets have asked the Pirates about McCutchen for the second year in a row.

The Mets aren’t close to a major move, but they’re monitoring a number of possibilities with Spring Training now barely more than one month away.

The Winter Meetings came and went, the holiday season is complete and Boston had its first blizzard of 2018. And as was the case before any of those things happened, the Red Sox are still targeting free-agent slugger J.D. Martinez as their big move of the offseason.

The Hot Stove is open for business, and news, trade buzz and rumors are in full swing. Here’s the latest from around the big leagues.

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Lorenzo Cain is drawing interest from two teams that appear to be set in the outfield. According to multiple reports, the Rangers and Brewers are among the teams showing interest in the top free-agent center fielder on the market.

The holiday season is finished, and as the country gets back to business, there is still plenty of work for MLB teams to do on the free-agent market.

Eric Hosmer was probably the top position player in this open market, but his free agency has lingered into 2018 because of a high price tag, the difficulty of valuing his intangibles and a simple dearth of clubs looking for a first baseman. So, where will Hosmer ultimately land? Let’s address the strongest possibilities.

The Giants and Pirates have had recent contact regarding a trade that would send Andrew McCutchen to San Francisco, a source told MLB.com, although a deal is not imminent and multiple barriers remain.