There are two kinds of teams that attend the annual baseball Winter Meetings – the ones that come to hunt and the ones that come to gather information for future reference.
It wasn’t hard to discern which was which this year. The Boston Red Sox took over the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center early in the week and acquired superstar pitcher Chris Sale, power-hitting first baseman Mitch Moreland and solid right-handed reliever Tyler Thornburg in three separate deals on the same day.
There were some other big moves, but the Red Sox dominated the hot stove conversation here the way everyone is now assuming they will dominate the American League East again next summer.