The MLB Winter Meetings were quite unkind to the Cincinnati Reds. President of baseball operations Nick Krall and his entourage came up short in their negotiations with Kyle Schwarber, and the fallout was not well received by the Reds fanbase. As he's prone to do, Krall put his foot in his mouth, and the Cincinnati faithful were none too pleased with the Reds' lack of spending.
But as bad as the Reds' performance was at this year's Winter Meetings, the New York Mets may have endured an even worse trip to Orlando this past week. New York lost their closer Edwin Diaz to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso to the Baltimore Orioles.