Daily Dose: Tomas Time in AZ

Former Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers spoke about the scarcity of right-handed power and the desire to acquire it when he traded for Mark Trumbo last winter.

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While new general manager Dave Stewart hasn't had much time to establish what kind of GM he'll be, Stewart took a page out of Towers' playbook Wednesday when the team reportedly agreed to a six-year, $68.5 million deal with Cuban slugger Yasmany Tomas. The Diamondbacks were among a handful of suitors for the 24-year-old outfielder, the latest Cuban defect to score big money on the free agent market.

In Tomas, the Diamondbacks are getting a player with noteworthy power to put in a lineup that already includes right-handed mashers Trumbo and Paul Goldschmidt. Those three, as it stands, would make up the middle part of an order that will likely also include up-and-coming players Chris Owings and A.J. Pollock. Veterans Miguel Montero and Aaron Hill are also still around, although Montero's name has been brought up in trade talks recently.

There is question about Tomas' defense in a corner outfield spot -- let alone at third base, where some teams, including the Diamondbacks, gave a passing thought to playing Tomas -- but that won't have any bearing for fantasy purposes. Owners will instead focus on the fact that Tomas, with such a commitment, will be an everyday player capable of putting up big power numbers in Chase Field, a notoriously friendly park for right-handed sluggers.

With Trumbo occupying the corner spot not taken by Tomas and Pollock presumably manning center field, the player most hurt by the Tomas signing appears to be David Peralta. The 27-year-old burst onto the scene in 2014, jumping from Double-A (after being out of baseball just two years earlier) to hit .286/.320/.450 with eight homers and six steals in half a season of work. Without any moves, Peralta would have been in line for a larger role next season, bringing the potential for double-digit homers and steals into the mix and edging toward mixed-league fantasy relevancy. As it is, Peralta will likely need an injury to have NL-only value.

Tomas will be able to opt out of the deal after four years, but for now the Diamondbacks are hoping he'll help them make some noise on the NL West.

Red Sox Get Their Guys

No team made more noise this week than the Red Sox.

Determined to avoid another last-place finish in the American League East, the Sox added Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval to an already impressive lineup in hopes of putting together a season next year that looks more like 2013 than 2014. Sandoval got a five-year, $95 million contract, while Ramirez will make $88 million over the next four years.

Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington called Ramirez an "elite offensive talent" and said Sandoval was a great fit for a number of reasons.

“There’s a lot about Pablo that appealed to us," Cherington said. "Obviously fitting the lineup, fitting the team and the clubhouse and the market, we feel coming from a place that has some similarities to Boston. Everything about him that we learned through our research suggested that he’s just a guy who loves the game, loves to play, loves to win. So we want that type of person in our clubhouse.”

The ripple effects of the moves will be interesting to watch. Will Middlebrooks is now out of a job, and with HanRam likely to occupy left field next year the Sox have a number of capable outfielders -- Rusney Castillo, Mookie Betts, Yoenis Cespedes, Allen Craig, Shane Victorino and Jackie Bradley Jr., to name a few -- for two starting spots. Castillo is getting paid like a starter, and Cespedes is a talented player who will be starting somewhere. Betts came on strong at the end of 2014 and does a lot of things well. A trade of one or a few of the excess pieces for a starting pitcher is likely to come in the next few months.

Giant Splash?

With a cornerstone in Sandoval having departed, the Giants wasted no time turning their attention to the rest of baseball's free agent class.

Shortly after Sandoval's deal with the Red Sox was finalized, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported the Giants had "cast a wide net" in a search for an impact player to take Sandoval's spot -- if not on the diamond, at least in the box score.

Heyman listed a number of high-profile free agents and trade targets as having the Giants' attention, including Max Scherzer, Jon Lester, the aforementioned Tomas, Chase Headley, Nelson Cruz and Justin Upton. The team, it seems, isn't set so much on finding another third baseman as it is simply finding a player who can approximate his value.

The most interesting name is Scherzer. The right-hander's market has been quiet and somewhat hard to pin down, with only a few clubs known to have more than passing interest. In signing Scherzer to what would surely be a lucrative deal -- he turned down a six-year, $144 million offer from the Tigers this past spring, so he likely won't accept less than that on the open market -- the Giants would be focusing on putting together a dominant pitching staff to make up for the loss of offense. Scherzer would give them a top of the rotation that features Madison Bumgarner and, presumably, a healthy Matt Cain.

With Tomas now off the market the Giants' options have narrowed, but it appears we should expect them to make at least one big splash at some point this winter.

Quick Hits: On Headley, the Indians had showed some interest but the word is that they're out on the third baseman. The Yankees are one of the teams expected to give the Giants a run for their money regarding the 30-year-old ... The Padres have been active players this offseason, making a push for Sandoval and engaging teams in trade talks for a corner outfielder. The club has reached out to the Red Sox about Cespedes, and Ken Rosenthal reported they called the Dodgers on Matt Kemp's availability ... The Phillies have had inquiries about Jimmy Rollins, but none to their liking. The team turned down an offer from the Yankees that would have sent the veteran shortstop to New York for "a utility player," according to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com ... The Rays made a low-risk move by signing Ernesto Frieri to a one-year, $800,000 contract. Infielder Sean Rodriguez was designated for assignment to make room for Frieri, who could work himself back into a role as a high-leverage reliever if he can regain his 2013 form ... Ryan Braun, who underwent an unprecedented (for baseball players, at least) cryotherapy procedure on his right thumb in October, said the thumb is at 100 percent now. That Braun feels good is a great sign for fantasy owners ... speaking of teams being aggressive, the Marlins have called on Chris Davis and Evan Gattis to check on their availability. After signing Giancarlo Stanton to a record extension, the club has turned its attention to putting some pieces around him in Miami.