SAN DIEGO – After chatting with various teams throughout the first day of the Winter Meetings on Monday, Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams predicted there wouldn’t be many trades completed this week.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be activity. Teams just have their sights focused on the free-agent market, which is moving quicker than it did in previous years. Look no further than Stephen Strasburg, who signed a record seven-year, $245 million contract with the Washington Nationals.