SAN DIEGO — The most exciting Winter Meetings in recent memory are over, with Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg signing contracts worth a combined $814 million.
Their bank accounts are the obvious winners of the week, but putting their riches aside, let's break down the winners and losers of the Winter Meetings.
Winners
New York Yankees
No team had as much success at the Winter Meetings as the Yankees. They got Gerrit Cole, their “white whale,” but in this version of Moby Dick, Captain Ahab won’t go down with the ship.