Opinion

The New York Yankees have taken a second base situation that impressed nobody and have addressed it with a trade that doesn't seem to be satisfying everybody.

But if you're among those who are on the fence, rest assured. The Yankees have had worse ideas.

They could have kept the money and they could have kept the prospects, and then nobody would have called the Arizona Diamondbacks crazy.

Nobody would have called them winners, either.

The young, upstart Chicago Cubs have gotten a little longer in the tooth this offseason—and that's a good thing.

After a flurry of action and talk at Day 1 of the winter meetings, Day 2 ended up being pretty darn busy in its own right.

There were a couple impact moves on the second day of Major League Baseball's annual get-together in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, most notably Ben Zobrist choosing his new team and Shelby Miller being shipped to a new home.

Ever wonder what goes on behind the closed doors of a salary negotiation for a top-flight free agent? What about how players evaluate potential suitors?

James Shields’ downward trend started two Octobers ago.

Imagine, if you will, the most feared slugger in recent baseball history taking pointers from the most accomplished slugger in all of baseball history.

Well, you can turn off your imagination now. That's something that's about to happen in Miami in real life, and it could mean great things for one Giancarlo Stanton.

Just like that, the first big trade of the winter meetings has turned into an uncomfortable situation for the Cincinnati Reds, the Los Angeles Dodgers and for Major League Baseball.

And for each of the three, it's one that may linger for a while.

The Los Angeles Dodgers could not retain their Ace 2.0, so they are falling back on one of the absolute best and easily the most intimidating reliever in Major League Baseball.

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You probably think the most difficult thing for a general manager at the winter meetings is completing that three-way trade to land an ace or boxing out four other teams to land a bat.