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Perhaps not in the way baseball fans expected, there has been movement in the MLB offseason since Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso signed at the Winter Meetings.
Friday ushered in a flurry of moves, trading Matt Strahm to Kansas City for righty Jonathan Bowlan and acquiring lefty Kyle Backhus from Arizona in exchange for minor league outfielder Avery Owusu-Asiedu.
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