Nov 10, 2015 5 min read

Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested after an argument with his wife that police say turned physical at a resort in Hawaii.

Maui police say in a statement that Reyes’ wife was treated by medics at the scene then transported to a hospital for treatment.

Reyes was issued a warning citation to have no contact with his wife for three days after the arrest on Oct. 31.

The 32-year-old Reyes posted $1,000 in bond and was released.

The Rockies said in a statement late Monday they were extremely disappointed and concerned to learn of the allegations involving Reyes.

MLB said it has started to look into the facts and circumstances.

Yankees won’t mind dealing players: With the New York Yankees locked into players at most positions, manager Joe Girardi says trades are a possibility.

“I think we’re always trying to figure out ways to improve the club and sometimes it’s not necessarily through the free-agent route,” he said Tuesday. “It can be through trade routes, and we had some success in the trades that we made last year.”

On a chilly, rainy morning, Girardi was thinking ahead to spring training and the pursuit of the team’s first title since 2009.

“Obviously I like the guys on our club and I love how hard they played last year for us, but the goal is to win and to win a World Series,” Girardi said. “I think when you talk about that, you’ve got to look at every avenue you can to improve your club.”

Girardi was at the ballpark to assist about 300 volunteers assembling United Service Organizations care packages for American servicemen and servicewomen. He echoed comments made by general manager Brian Cashman, who said he is willing to deal in order to improve a team that lost to Houston in the AL wild-card game.

Even closer Andrew Miller and the bullpen could be discussed in trade talk.

“Yes, that was the strength of our club,” Girardi said. “Those guys pitched extremely well and were dominant, and if we had the lead after six innings we won ballgames, but if we feel that it will improve our club I’m sure we’ll try to make a deal.”

After wasting a seven-game AL East lead and faltering when first baseman Mark Teixeira broke a leg, New York finished six games behind Toronto the largest blown lead in Yankees history. Girardi stressed the importance of an AL East title.

“I never said let’s just get in,” Girardi explained. “I really wanted to win our division because there’s too many things that can go wrong in a one-game playoff. That’s the problem.”

Entering his ninth season as Yankees manager and the third season of $16 million, four-year contract, Girardi noted the importance of balancing his batting order.

“Obviously we had switch-hitters in the lineup,” he said. “We lost a big one in Tex down the stretch and that was something that hurt us against left-handed pitching, but I think a right-handed bat can help.”

New York’s most obvious place to upgrade is second base, where switch-hitting Ben Zobrist and right-handed-hitting Howie Kendrick are available as free agents. Midsummer acquisition Dustin Ackley and rookies Rob Refsnyder and Jose Pirela are the top holdovers.

Dodgers have many priorities: Besides hiring a new manager, the Los Angeles Dodgers are focused on bulking up their rotation and bullpen this offseason.

Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations, said Monday that interviews with managerial candidates are ongoing and he expects to meet or possibly beat his target of hiring someone before the winter meetings begin early next month.

Speaking by phone from Florida, where the general manager meetings were under way, Friedman declined to comment on negotiations to retain starter Zack Greinke. The 32-year-old right-hander opted out of the final three years of his contract, giving up a guaranteed $71 million to become a free agent last week.

The Dodgers extended qualifying offers to Greinke and free agents Brett Anderson and Howie Kendrick. The players have until Friday to accept; Friedman says the team has yet to hear from them. Greinke is expected to reject the offer that would pay him $15.8 million next season.

“We’re going to be focused on pitching,” Friedman said. “We still need round out our opening day pitching staff.”

If Greinke departs, Clayton Kershaw and youngster Alex Wood would be the only known starters going into next year. Hyun-Jin Ryu, who continues recovering from shoulder surgery that kept him out this season, is “a big wild card,” Friedman said.

“I don’t know yet whether we can fully count on him,” he said.

Friedman said Brandon McCarthy will be back at some point after Tommy John surgery.

The team’s lineup is “pretty locked in,” Friedman said, with the exception of second base, which could open up if Kendrick rejects the club’s one-year qualifying offer.

Friedman singled out right fielder Yasiel Puig, center fielder Joc Pederson and catcher Yasmani Grandal as “three big wild cards” heading into next year. The trio each had disappointing second halves, with Puig bothered by hamstring issues that landed him on the disabled list twice and Grandal recovering from recent left shoulder surgery.

Friedman said he has “a lot of optimism they can be significant contributors for us next season,” which would seemingly indicate there are no plans to trade Puig. The Cuban is focused on slimming down and improving bad hitting habits that developed while he had a blister on his left hand.

“It’s just getting him back to what he was mechanically,” said Friedman, adding that Pederson is also working to eliminate elements that cut his batting average in the second half.