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A look at what’s a happening around the majors today:SCUFFLING SOXBoston is 2-6 Logan Morrison Jersey , the worst start for a defending World Series champion since the stripped-down Marlins bumbled to 108 losses in 1998. Rick Porcello tries to get the Red Sox going in the right direction when he pitches at Arizona. In his first start of the year, Porcello gave up nine runs — four of them earned — in 2 2/3 innings against the Seattle.FEELING GOODDodgers closer Kenley Jansen is at Coors Field for the first time since experiencing an irregular heartbeat last August in Colorado, an episode that put him in a hospital. It was the second time in his career Jansen felt his heart racing in Denver’s high altitude.Jansen didn’t accompany the Dodgers when they returned to face the Rockies last September. He had a procedure in the offseason to help with the condition, and Jansen says recently talked to his doctor and is eager — and a bit anxious — about this weekend stay.LET IT FLY!A’s center fielder Ramon Laureano is putting on a show with his arm this week, throwing out three Red Sox runners who tried to advance on him. He nailed runners in all three Oakland wins during the four-game series.The 24-year-old Laureano made his major league debut last year — he now has 12 assists in only 57 games in the outfield with the Athletics. Jose Altuve and the Astros will be the next team to decide whether to test Laureano when they host the A’s.NOT A WHIFFBaltimore slugger Chris Davis is 0 for 17 with 11 strikeouts this season. The former home run champion went hitless over his final 21 at-bats in 2018 to finish at .168, the worst batting average for a qualifier in major league history. Davis is in the fourth season of a seven-year, $161 million contract. It’s a one-year deal with a club option for the infielder"Jeff Passan of ESPN [I’m still having consciously not to type Yahoo!] was the first to report the news, following up on a report by colleague Pedro Gomez. It’s pending physicals, and there’s no word to this point on the price. Flores was non-tendered by the Mets at the end of November: he was in his third year of arbitration eligibility and was probably going to have received a sizeable increase on his $3.4 million salary for 2018 (MLBTR estimated $4.7m). He appeared in 126 games for New York Orlando Arcia Jersey , hitting .267/.319/.417, for a .736 OPS (107 OPS+). Last season, he started most at first, but also at second and third; overall in his career, Flores has seen more time at short, but hasn’t appeared much there since 2015. It’s hard to say for sure what this might mean for the 2019 Diamondbacks. Is the plan for Flores to play first, like he did in 2018, thereby filling the gap left by Paul Goldschmidt’s trade to St. Louis? According to Steve Gilbert, no. They will play Flores at second Jonathan Villar Jersey , and move Ketel Marte to center field. So the question of first-base would remain unaddressed, but a Jake Lamb/Christian Walker platoon there appears the most likely outcome, with Eduardo Escobar becoming the everyday third baseman, and Nick Ahmed continuing his defensive wizardry at short. However, the Mets viewed him differently, their GM Brodie Van Wagenen saying in November, “I think from a defensive standpoint we wouldn’t ask too much of him to go and play around the diamond. I think our view for him is that he would be predominantly a first-base option or a power bat off the bench.” The metrics over Flores’s career tend to support keeping him on the right-hand side of the infield. His UZR/150 around the infield are as follows: +2.9 at first; +1.5 at second; -2.3 at short; and -2.4 at third, with between 733-1,313 innings played at those positions. But flexibility of position is in line with what Mike Hazen and Torey Lovullo have espoused before http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-orlando-arcia-jersey , so we may see Flores at more than one spot. His release from the Mets was seen as something of a surprise. But with the newly-arrived Robinson Cano occupying second, and slugging prospect Peter Alonso probably going to see a lot of time at first, there was no regular role open to Flores this year. He became a fan favorite in the Big Apple, after cameras caught him crying on the field following a reported trade to Milwaukee [Tom Hanks shakes his head disapprovingly] The trade fell through, and Flores proved a key component in the Mets’ run to the World Series that year. There are some health concerns, which may explain the short length of the contract. He finished last year with early-onset arthritis, though that diagnosis was later revised to tendinitis. Update: Details of the contractUpdate 2: Tim Locastro also acquiredAnother multiple-position player, Locastro has started minor-league games at five different positions: 1B, 2B Jhoulys Chacin Jersey , SS, CF and LF. He appeared in 21 games for the Dodgers over the last two seasons, but managed only 15 PA, going 2-for-11with a pair of walks. He is 5:0 in stolen-bases in the majors and went 23:3 at all levels last year, so does seem to have some wheels. I’m thinking minor-league depth and possibly a September call-up to run the bases.