Almost immediately after publishing this afternoon’s Winter Meetings Monday Afternoon Update, about 20 more rumors came out.
And, so we’ve now been blessed with a Winter Meetings Late Monday Afternoon Update, because, well, there’s a ton of stuff flying around …
Neshek headed to the phillies. 16-17M range @ToddZolecki mentioned
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 11, 2017
Multiple agents anticipate that there is going to be a run on relieves in the next 24-36 hours, that Morrow's 2-yr, $21M deal with the #Cubs essentially set the high end for those who are going to get 2-yr deals and, thus, others can fall in line now.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 11, 2017
David Stearns confirms teams have called on Domingo Santana. But coming off 30 HRs and with 4 yrs of club control, "if we’re going to even consider trading someone who is such an important part of our team, we are going to expect a sizable return," Stearns said.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) December 11, 2017
The Boston #Redsox are telling teams they'd prefer to trade for an impact bat now than waiting out the free-agent market where J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer await
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 11, 2017
Astros made efforts to land Giancarlo but never came very close to a deal. They do have $ coming off the championship and will take a look at darvish/arrieta, tho they will take a “disciplined” approach. @Ken_Rosenthal mentioned ace possibility
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 11, 2017