For years, the New York Yankees won the winter the traditional way.

They bought it.

The Oakland Athletics continued their offseason retooling Sunday, agreeing to a three-year, $22 million contract with reliever Ryan Madson. 

The Baltimore Orioles reportedly have re-signed relief pitcher Darren O'Day, pending a physical, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. The deal is reportedly for four years and is worth $31 million, per Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.

Every team enters MLB's annual winter meetings with a wish list. No one has addressed every need and shored up every weakness, be it a buyer or seller.

But as players, agents, general managers and the media descend on Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center beginning Sunday, some clubs will be hungrier than others. Some, in fact, will be downright famished.

While the baseball world is firmly focused on free-agent prizes and where they'll end up, key MLB stars are busy recovering from injuries that derailed their campaigns a season ago.

In those cases, the returns of those players are more important than any offseason acquisition ever could be. Over the next few slides, we'll take a look at a handful of players who hope to rebound from lost seasons in 2016. 

"Value" isn't exactly the word that comes to mind when thinking about the 2015-2016 MLB free-agent class.

While aces like David Price and Zack Greinke have made fortunes in recent days, there are still plenty of free agents who can be bought at bargain prices.

Free-agent pitcher Henderson Alvarez was non-tendered by the Miami Marlins on Wednesday and is already garnering plenty of interest on the market. 

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Ryan Madson had a great bounce-back season as a member of the Kansas City Royals bullpen in 2015. Now, the 35-year-old will be looking to cash in on that success this offseason.

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Dodgers Reportedly Looking at Madson

Saturday, Dec. 5

According to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, the Los Angeles Dodgers have turned their attention to Madson as a way of boosting their depleted bullpen corps. 

The 2015 Major League Baseball winter meetings have yet to start, but it's already obvious that this will be one of the craziest and least predictable offseasons in years. 

Zack Greinke provided the biggest jolt so far this winter, agreeing to a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.

What was once a sputtering offseason jump-started into high gear over the last week.

Two blockbuster free-agent signings are now in the books since Sunday. Jordan Zimmermann’s agreement with the Detroit Tigers whet the appetite and David Price’s monster deal with the Boston Red Sox put the rest of the market in a post-Thanksgiving contract coma.