BOCA RATON, Fla. -- There has been more business than usual at the General Managers Meetings, which has consumed much of Rays president of baseball operations Matt Silverman's time the past few days.
But as the week progresses, and once Friday's 5 p.m. ET deadline for free agents to either accept or reject their qualifying offer passes, Silverman anticipates trade and free-agent inquires to heat up.
"I feel like there have been more meetings this year, official league business," Silverman said. "It's really cut into the unstructured time that we had last year. Part of that was the [Arizona] Fall League, and we had time to go to the Fall League.