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Over the years, we’ve seen plenty of big baseball deals made on Black Friday, including the Blue Jays acquiring Josh Donaldson from the A’s in 2014 (he won American League MVP Award the next year), and the Red Sox getting Curt Schilling from the D-backs in 2003 before winning their first World Series in 86 years the next fall. With that in mind, here’s a look at five Black Friday deals I’d like to see this year, listed in order of the likelihood of them happening, with the trade I deem most plausible at the top.

Carlos Correa and teammate Carlos Beltran were front and center this summer in helping their native Puerto Rico with recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria, and this week Correa will travel to his home island for the first time since helping the Astros win the World Series earlier this month to hold a benefit event for those in need.

Dig into the savings on Thanksgiving at the MLBshop.com, where you can take 25 percent off orders over $25 through 11:59 ET tonight.

A great replica of the classic balloon from the 1947 film.

As their planes descended into San Juan, they witnessed the devastation. The island Mike Gonzalez loves was littered with debris, its people without power and water. Frank Coonelly saw entire towns leveled. Joey Cora struggled to see Puerto Rico, his home, “so destroyed” by Hurricane Maria.

Food and baseball, what more do you need?

Thanksgiving falls at a perfect time on the baseball calendar, right on the heels of the World Series and awards season. It’s an ideal time for players and fans to catch their collective breath before the Hot Stove burns bright again during the Winter Meetings.

On this Thanksgiving, there is so much to be thankful for both on and off the field, right up to these last few days and the sight of the Nationals, Tigers, Royals and other clubs handing out turkeys and meals to those in need.

There’s never been a better time to be a baseball fan. From waves of new talent to the assortment of ways to watch games, baseball is riding a wave of positive energy.

It hasn’t exactly been a straight line, as Major League Baseball, the MLB Players Association and Nippon Professional Baseball had to hammer out a new posting system, but it looks like the time has come for Japanese two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani to be made available to all 30 Major League teams.