Moves to be made: Players all teams should target

One recent report said Tyson Ross is being pursued by 20 teams, and why not?

Ross has one of baseball’s best fastball-slider combinations when he’s healthy. He had improved on an intriguing 2014 season with an even better ’15 (3.26 ERA, 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings and a 4.4 fWAR) before right shoulder problems slowed him last year.

Ross was non-tendered by the Padres after undergoing surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, but he has a strong chance of recovering in time to make 20-plus starts this season. He’d move into the rotation for every contender if he’s back on track, and he could be signed as a potential trade chip by a team invested in his recovery, such as the Padres.

Ross is hardly the only Major League asset who is available — or should be — with universal appeal. Here are some other moves every team should make:

• Trade for Brewers third baseman/utility man Hernan Perez.  Perez emerged in 2016 as one of the most under-appreciated talents around. He was rewarded by Milwaukee trading for Travis Shaw, seemingly to get the bulk of at-bats at third. Perez played every position except pitcher and catcher last year, and he rated at least average defensively everywhere except center field. He hit .272 with 13 homers and is a terrific baserunner (34-for-41 in stolen bases, overall +36 rating by Bill James). He’s excelling in winter ball in his native Venezuela (.373/.392/.503).

• Sign left-hander Travis Wood. No one enjoyed the Cubs’ championship season more than soon-to-be-30-year-old Wood, who went shirtless at Grant Park and then presided over a more staid celebration back home in Arkansas. He was in uniform for more games than anyone else during the Theo Epstein rebuild and quietly has pitched very well in the postseason …

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