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Saunders: Sorting through the rumors after the Rockies landed Ian Desmond

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich sat in his hotel room here Wednesday evening as the baseball world swirled in the lobby nine floors below.

It’s not often the Rockies make the rumor mill spin at 5,000 RPMs, but that’s exactly what they did at the winter meetings. First came surprising news that they had agreed to terms with shortstop-turned-outfielder Ian Desmond for five years and $70 million.

Then came the flood of rumors.

The theory is that Desmond, who was brought in to fill the hole at first base, was just the first domino to fall and that other moves were sure to follow.