The Braves picked up Joe Jimenez from the Tigers for 3B Justyn-Henry Malloy and LHP Jake Higginbotham on Wednesday evening.

The 27-year-old appeared in 62 games for Detroit last season, going 3-2 over 56 2/3 innings of relief with 77 strikeouts and a 1.09 WHIP.

Jimenez likely slots in as a set-up man for Braves closer Raisel Iglesias.

The Red Sox made their first free-agent splash at the Winter Meetings. Boston agreed to a five-year, $90 million deal with Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida, the Post's Jon Heyman confirmed. They will also have to pay around a $15.4 million posting fee to Orix Buffaloes for the 29-year-old who led the Nippon Professional Baseball league in OPS the past two seasons. It is a record contract for a Japanese position player.

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A Yankees pitcher is now a Met.

The Mets selected RHP Zach Greene from the Yankees in the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday. In 68 1/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last season, the 26-year-old reliever had 96 strikeouts and a 3.42 ERA.

SAN DIEGO – Two down, one to go.

The Mets have let agents at the winter meetings know their intention has been to obtain three starting pitchers this offseason.

So far, they have enlisted two free agents – Justin Verlander for two years at $86.6 million and Jose Quintana for two years at $26 million.

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Now that Aaron Judge is back in the fold, it would not be a surprise if he becomes the Yankees' first captain since Derek Jeter.

It will ultimately be Hal Steinbrenner's decision, but Brian Cashman would endorse such a move.

The Mets are trading for lefty reliever Brooks Raley, sending the Rays minor league lefty Keyshawn Askew, The Post's Jon Heyman reports.

Raley, 34, had a 2.68 ERA with 61 strikeouts in 53 2/3 innings for Tampa Bay in 2022, including six saves. He held opposing lefties to a.482 OPS in 76 plate appearances.

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The Red Sox seem to want to get a deal done to keep their star shortstop.

The club is in "heavy discussions" with Xander Bogaerts, The Post's Jon Heyman reports.

Bogaerts, 30, earned his fourth All-Star nod in 2022, when he slashed .307/.377/.456 with 15 homers, 73 RBIs and 38 doubles in 631 plate appearances.

The Phillies gave shortstop Trea Turner an 11-year, $300 million contract, though he turned down a $342 million offer from the Padres. Carlos Correa and Dansby Swanson remain free agents.

SAN DIEGO — The Yankees checked off the biggest box on their offseason list by re-signing Aaron Judge to a mammoth nine-year, $360 million contract, pending a physical.

But that doesn’t mean their work is done.

They continue to look to upgrade their starting rotation, add a left fielder and bullpen arms. Here’s a look at what they could do next as the Winter Meetings conclude.

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The St. Louis Cardinals swung big for their Yadier Molina replacement.

Willson Contreras is signing a five-year, $87.5 million contract with the Cardinals, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. He’ll take over as the team’s catcher after Molina was a staple behind the plate for St. Louis the last 19 years. The 40-year-old Molina retired after the 2022 season.

Contreras, 30, was a three-time All-Star over seven seasons with the rival Cubs, including in 2022, when he hit .243 with an .815 OPS, 22 home runs and 55 RBIs in 113 games.

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Utilityman Aledmys Diaz and the Athletics have agreed on a two-year deal for $14.5 million, The Post's Joel Sherman reports.

Diaz, 32, played left field, second base, shortstop, third base and first base for the Astros last season. He slashed .243/.287/.403 with 12 homers and 38 RBIs in 327 plate appearances.

He was an All-Star as a rookie with the Cardinals in 2016 when he hit .300, but he's now a career .266 hitter.

SAN DIEGO — Aaron Judge’s 63rd home run was his negotiating style.

In the spring, Judge turned down seven years at $213.5 million, followed that with an AL-record 62 homers and left for his offseason vacation having scored a nine-year, $360 million contract to stay a Yankee.

Judge’s greatest tape-measure distance — an additional two years and $146.5 million — came via the power of not just, well, power, but self-belief and stoicism.

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SAN DIEGO — The Yankees got their man, the man they had to have. Aaron Judge is the one who saved their 2022 season, and now Aaron Judge has helped them save their offseason. Can you imagine where the Yankees would be without Judge? Thankfully, now they — and all their fans — don’t have to.

The deal for Judge was the right one, logical and fair. He gets $360 million over nine years, an even $40 million a year. And unlike many of the contracts we’ve heard about this winter – especially for pitchers – it is a deal that makes sense.

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