Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings actually began Sunday evening in Nashville, but they get going in earnest today.
There was a bit of news about top free agent Shohei Ohtani yesterday:
According to Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet, a “small group” of teams is expected to meet with Ohtani and his representatives in Los Angeles this weekend. Industry sources told Nicholson-Smith that negotiations with the two-time MVP are entering their “final stretch.”
The exact identity of those teams is not known, but Nicholson-Smith reports that the Dodgers are seen as “the clear leading suitor” for Ohtani.