The Winter Meetings are upon us and after Andrew Friedman‘s first two years in charge, he has done nothing but tease us at the meetings.
In December 2014, he traded Dee Gordon & Matt Kemp, acquired Yasmani Grandal, Howie Kendrick & Jimmy Rollins and signed Brandon McCarthy — all in the span of two days. In 2015, he re-signed Chase Utley, lost Zack Greinke to the Diamondbacks, reportedly agreed to a deal with free-agent pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma and a deal with the Reds for Aroldis Chapman, but both deals fell through for very different reasons.