Major League Baseball has already seen some significant free agents come off the board before the sport has its annual Winter Meetings, this year to be held at the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego.
So, perhaps, there can be optimism on the part of those of us who follow the sport closely and look to this December week as one where there will be some signing or trading action. Last year, not much happened at the confab in Las Vegas; perhaps 2019 will be different.
In addition to wheeling and dealing, there are two other significant purposes of these Meetings.