2019 Winter Meetings

[bobmc]

4 minutes ago, weams said:

 

Thanks - now I see!

[weams]

43 minutes ago, bobmc said:

Thanks - now I see!

 

[weams]

https://www.mlb.com/news/winter-meetings-faqs-primer/c-301590062

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The Winter Meetings are an industry gathering. Representatives from all 30 teams and their various affiliates attend the Winter Meetings. Executives, team staff, media, exhibitors and job seekers converge to network with peers, fill job and internship vacancies, attend workshops, discuss trends and exchange ideas. In some ways, it isn't terribly different from, say, an accountants' conference, because it features a trade show, a job fair, seminars, luncheons, etc.

A key difference is that accountants don't typically gather together in hotel suites and devise ways to trade their clients or sign them to multimillion dollar contracts.

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Why does it matter?
Though the ubiquity of texting and e-mailing has altered the dynamics of the Meetings as much as it has altered the fabric of our daily lives, team executives still view the Winter Meetings as a productive place to conduct offseason business.

The convergence of team decision-makers and agents in a single building -- a building many of them will not leave at all for four days -- can accelerate action. It is an efficient environment for deal-making because of the ease of face-to-face dialogue (agents will sometimes fly clients to the Meetings so they can make and listen to pitches in person) and, sometimes, the competitive spirit that kicks in when everybody gets together under one roof.

What happens?
Folks typically arrive on Sunday and depart on Thursday. Team executives usually line up meetings with other clubs and with agents throughout Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. General managers usually have a daily discussion with the local beat reporters to keep them abreast of where things stand, and each Major League manager conducts a press conference where questions about the state of the club are fielded. Reporters mill about the hotel lobby, seeking out team and agent sources, gathering information and, yes, spreading rumors.

When a deal actually gets done, the involved club or clubs hold a press conference in the media work room. If it's a free-agent deal or major trade completed in time for the player to travel to the site, it is not unusual for the player to attend the press conference. 

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[weams]

 

[mdbdotcom]

Can't wait for Scott Boras to tell us who will be this year's Chris Davis or Eric Hosmer!!!

[wildcard]

14 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Can't wait for Scott Boras to tell us who will be this year's Chris Davis or Eric Hosmer!!!

That would be Bryce Harper.

[wildcard]

3 hours ago, weams said:

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2018/12/bundy-on-importance-of-veteran-catcher-mancini-on-role-and-rebuild.html

Where else would he play?   Davis at 1b, Trumbo at DH.

[weams]

Just now, wildcard said:

Where else would be play?   Davis at 1b, Trumbo at DH.

Is Trumbo even recovered? Is there any reality that Davis will make it out of Spring Training? Or pass Mike Elias' intervention? 

[mdbdotcom]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

Where else would be play?   Davis at 1b, Trumbo at DH.

Try him at 3B. Nothing to lose.

[wildcard]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

Is Trumbo even recovered? Is there any reality that Davis will make it out of Spring Training? Or pass Mike Elias' intervention? 

Working off the six-month post-surgery recovery time set out by manager Buck Showalter on Friday, Trumbo should be nearing full health right around time for spring training

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-trumbo-surgery-20180831-story.html

[bobmc]

10 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Where else would be play?   Davis at 1b, Trumbo at DH.

First base platoon - CD and Trumbo (if CD opts to play this year).

[weams]

39 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Can't wait for Scott Boras to tell us who will be this year's Chris Davis or Eric Hosmer!!!

Or J.D. Martinez  

[weams]

12 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Working off the six-month post-surgery recovery time set out by manager Buck Showalter on Friday, Trumbo should be nearing full health right around time for spring training

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-trumbo-surgery-20180831-story.html

Is this still the timeline? Do the Orioles have interest in rushing him?

[weams]

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sports-yankees-winter-meetings-cashman-raissman-20181207-story.html

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