NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Jerry Dipoto has been a man of action already this winter, but the Mariners general manager -- like the vast majority of baseball's top executives -- spent most of Monday talking about potential trades and free-agent prospects without making any moves on the opening day of the Winter Meetings.
While the Dodgers signed free-agent starter Rich Hill to a three-year, $48 million deal and the Giants agreed to a four-year, $62 million pact with closer Mark Melancon, most teams didn't generate headlines right out of the gate at the four-day gathering at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.