SAN DIEGO – The setup for managerial press conferences at the Major League Baseball winter meetings has two managers speaking simultaneously on separate sides of a Grand Hyatt ballroom.
On one side of the room Monday was Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, hired in October. He was surrounded by more than three dozen reporters and at least five TV cameras. He was asked several questions about Jacob deGrom, the two-time Cy Young winner who signed a five-year, $185 million contract.
Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell spoke on the other side of the room, surrounded by six reporters and no TV cameras.