A look at whats happening today at the baseball winter meetings in Oxon Hill, Maryland:---WASHINGTON DAY SALEChicago White Sox ace Chris Sale could have a new place to pitch real soon, and it might be the ballpark right across the Potomac River. The NL East champion Washington Nationals are trying hard to close a deal for the 27-year-old lefty.THE SCHWARBER SITUATIONKyle Schwarber was a huge hit in the World Series, returning from a severe knee injury that cost him nearly the entire regular season and then batting .412 as the Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland.Now, will the converted catcher hurt in an outfield collision ever catch again?There is no question that he will want to do it and can do it, general manager Jed Hoyer told reporters Monday. We just havent had any discussions on how heavy a workload we put on him in that regard.Known way more for his bat than glove, the 23-year-old Schwarber projects to be the Cubs left fielder next season. He wont play winter ball, it was decided, so he can rehab his left knee.Cubs manager Joe Maddon might provide some insight on the sluggers future when he meets with the media in the afternoon.BIG BUCKS BULLPENSAfter Mark Melancon reached a $62 million, four-year deal with San Francisco that was the richest contract ever for a reliever, its worth wondering whether free-agent closers Aroldis Chapman or Kenley Jansen could command even more.The Yankees, with a history of high spending, are interested in both of them.Thats where the market seems to be headed, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said.What it reinforces is the notion that by and large you need to build a bullpen from within, he added.THE NEXT BAMBINO?Get ready to start hearing more about Shohei Otani, the 22-year-old Japanese pitcher who also swings a mean bat.Otani signed Monday to play next year for the Nippon Ham Fighters. 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He already owns both the world record at 19.19, and Olympic record at 19.30.Among those who will challenge him include Canadian Andre De Grasse, who was on Bolts shoulder for much of the semifinal Wednesday night, and LaShawn Merritt of the U.S. De Grasse won bronze to Bolts gold in the 100.American Justin Gatlin -- who won silver in the 100 and was booed at that event -- failed to qualify in semis.Mens decathalon medals will be awarded after the 1500m finals, which start at 9:56 p.m. The athletes day starts with 110m hurdles (9:30 a.m.), discus (10:25 a.m.), pole vault (1:25 p.m.), javelin (6:45 p.m.) American Ashton Eaton is leading in points after the first day of events. Damian Warner of Canada, beat Eaton in a 100-meter heat and set an Olympic decathlon best 10.30 seconds in the process.In the womens 400 hurdles at 10:15 p.m., the Americans try to capture their first Olympic gold in the event. Dalilah Muhammad is the favorite, but Ashley Spencer is running well.The 30-year-old Kerron Clement tries to add a gold medal in the 400 hurdles, which start at noon. He won a silver in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games (and had a cameo in a Beyonce video ). Jamaicas Annsert Whyte has the second best time of the year.At 9:31 p.m., South Africas Caster Semenya runs in the 800 semis at 9:31 p.m. Semenya has been under unwanted scrutiny ever since word leaked in 2009, just before she won the 800-meter world title as a 19-year-old, that track officials mandated that she undergo sex testing.The shot put finals, starting at 10:30 p.m., are Joe Kovacs to lose. The American has four of the top five best throws in the world this season.The womens javelin finals are at 9:10 p.m.BASKETBALLThe U.S. will most likely be without star guard Sue Bird when they face France in the semifinal at 7 p.m.Bird suffered a sprained knee capsule and is listed as day-to-day. Even without the four-time Olympian, the Americans still have the most potent offense in the tournament, averaging over 104 points a game. They have won 47 consecutive games in the Olympics and stand two victories away from a sixth straight gold medal.The game is a rematch of the 2012 London Games gold medal match, which the Americans won by 36 points. France had its own injury at point guard when star Celine Dumerc hurt her ankle right before the Olympics began.Earlier, at 3 p.m., Spain plays Serbia.The gold medal game is Saturday afternoon.BEACH VOLLEYBALLThe mens finals at 11:50 p.m. pit two-time Olympians Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo of Italy against Brazils Alison and Bruno , who is the nephew of the nations basketball icon Oscar Schmidt.The Italians beat Russias Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Konstantin Semenov 15-21, 21-16, 15-13 on Tuesday night.Alison and Bruno, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, are the defending world champions and the hometown favorites.GOLFThe second round of womens play starts at 7:30 a.m.Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand takes a one-shot lead into the second round of play when golf resumes at 7:30 a.m. Her 6-under 65 has her one shot ahead of South Koreans Inbee Paark and Seiyoung Kim.dddddddddddd.Jutanugarn is a four-time winner coming off her first major at the Womens British Open.VOLLEYBALLThe top-ranked American women look to move one step closer to a first gold when they take on Serbia in the semifinals at 1 p.m. The landscape of the tournament changed after two-time defending Olympic champion Brazil made an early exit at Chinas hands.Serbia lost in four sets to the U.S. during pool play but pulled off a surprising five-set victory at last years World Cup in Japan that forced the Americans to qualify for Rio in January.China will face the upstart Netherlands women, who are leaving their mark in Rio playing in their first Olympics in 20 years. They play at 10:15 p.m.WRESTLINGThree-time world champion Adeline Gray is a heavy favorite in the 75-kilogram weight class, while Helen Maroulis is a serious medal contender at 53 kilograms.Grays top challenger will likely be Aline Da Silva Ferreira, a silver medalist from the world championship in 2014 wholl no doubt be backed by a boisterous home crowd.Maroulis, who won a world title at 55 kilograms in 2015, will find herself up against the toughest opponent of her career if she and Japans Saori Yoshida reach the finals.Yoshida is a 16-time world champion -- including three Olympic titles -- and she hasnt lost in a major tournament in years. But Yoshidas margins of victory have shrunk in recent tournaments, and Maroulis hasnt lost a match in two years.The qualification matches start at 10 a.m.BOXINGU.S. bantamweight Shakur Stevenson is scheduled to face Russias Vladimir Nikitin at 2:30 p.m. for a spot in the gold-medal bout, although Nikitin might be unable to fight after taking serious damage in his hotly disputed win over Irelands Michael Conlan two days earlier.Three Cuban boxers appear in the final four fights, culminating in Julio Cesar La Cruzs gold-medal light heavyweight bout with Kazakhstans Adilbek Niyazymbetov at 3:30 p.m.DIVINGChinas dominance at the diving pool shows no signs of waning as the 10-meter platform finals approach at 4 p.m.Si Yajie and Ren Qian went 1-2 in the preliminaries Wednesday, setting themselves up to challenge for Chinas sixth diving gold medal of the Rio Olympics.Si scored no lower than 76.50 in any of the five rounds and posted the top score of 397.45 points. Ren was a bit off on her third dive but still claimed the second spot at 385.80.No one else was even close. Jessica Parratto of the United States took third at 346.80.The top 18 move on to Thursdays semifinals at 10 a.m.FIELD HOCKEYThe gold medal mens match features two surprises with Belgium taking on Argentina at 5 p.m.The Argentines humiliated Germany, the defending two-time champion, by a record 5-2 to get through the semis. And the Belgians beat the Netherlands 3-1 to break an 80-year streak of never losing to the neighbor in major competition.BMX CYCLINGMaris Strombergs of Latvia begins his quest for a third straight gold in BMX racing when the mens quarterfinals begin.Nicknamed The Machine, Strombergs is the only man to win BM