Official Site of the Rockies · Dec 8, 2016
Rox exit Meetings with big bat, bigger questions
The MLB Tonight crew takes a look at what's next for the Colorado Rockies after the organization signs Ian Desmond during the Winter MeetingsNATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- It's a baseball holiday tradition. As the Winter Meetings ended Thursday morning with the Rule 5 Draft, the staff at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center gradually replaced baseball-themed placards with holiday decorations, and all the soft and hard sell that they entail.
Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich understands the spirit.
The Rockies leave this year's Meetings having landed -- unconfirmed by the club and pending a physical -- free-agent right-handed hitter Ian Desmond, but with their shopping incomplete.