With marquee free agents Stephen Strasburg, Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rendon coming off the board on consecutive days during the Winter Meetings, the search for upper-echelon players has largely shifted to the trade market.
At the center of it are the Cleveland Indians and Francisco Lindor, and Boston Red Sox and Mookie Betts. Kris Bryant the Chicago Cubs are also in the picture, though to a lesser extent as his grievance over service time awaits a ruling from an arbitrator.
The Indians and Red Sox find themselves in similar positions as they both are looking to trim payroll.