The Winter Meetings start officially tomorrow, but Rob Manfred is already there and speaking at the annual Winter Meeting Banquet that takes place on the eve of the Winter Meetings. This year, the trades and Free Agent signings didn’t all wait to be crafted at the Winter Meetings. Different from past years, the Top 3 pitchers have been spoken for already with historic size deals for Zach Greinke and David Price, and a $100+ million deal for Jordan Zimmermann.
On the eve of the meetings at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, rumors are the Reds are loading up for a blockbuster trade as Aroldis Chapman and Todd Frazier are being made available.
So far, Nationals GM Mike Rizzo has been quiet on major moves as so far just making just Free Agent signings but only one has been a Major League deal for Oliver Perez. On Rizzo’s ledger is signing Sean Burnett, Reed Johnson, Chris Heisey and Logan Schafer to MiLB deals with Spring Training invites. With Oliver Perez added to the 40 man roster, the Nats 40 man sits at 38 players with the additions of Kieboom, Lee and Bostick last month to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft. Continue reading
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