AROUND THE LEAGUE
Manuel Margot's time with the Los Angeles Dodgers was short lived. After being traded to Los Angeles in December as part of the Tyler Glasnow trade, Margot is expected to be traded to the Minnesota Twins as the Dodgers look to make room on their roster and sign utility man Kiké Hernandez.
According to longtime reporter Peter Gammons, one National League executive recently said that the Red Sox and super agent Scott Boras have had "a good meeting recently and may get some deal eventually done on Jordan Montgomery."
In NL Central news, the St. Louis Cardinals are signing longtime San Francisco Giant shortstop Brandon Crawford per Katie Woo of The Athletic. Crawford is expected to be the Cardinals' backup shortstop.