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MLB: 2018 Baseball Winter Meetings Season Finale

By Manny Gómez

The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" on the center median of Los Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, USA, 09 January 2014. Photo: Britta Pedersen | usage worldwide (Photo by Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Manny Machado remains unsigned after the 2018 Winter Meetings.
BOSTON, MA – OCTOBER 24: Manny Machado #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up prior to Game 2 of the 2018 World Series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

More, From the Winter Meetings

Just because the Winter Meetings are officially over, doesn’t mean that moves wont continue to be made. There still are plenty of unsigned big name ball players remaining and if history has taught us anything, it’s that most signings and trades don’t take place at the Winter Meetings.

For example, these are just a few of the dozens of deals completed around the famed winter event:

  • Adrian Beltre signed a 6-year, $96M deal with the Rangers on 01/01
  • Johnny Damon signed a 4-year, $31M deal with the Red Sox on 12/01
  • Vladimir Guerrero Signed a 6-year, $85M deal with the Angels in 01/2004

At this point, the Winter Meetings are just a spectacle of rumors in order to appease overly anxious analysts and baseball fans foaming at the mouth for baseball. And, yes, I am 100% one of them.

There is good news, however. Pitchers and catchers report to their teams on February 13, 2019. That’s just 61 days away! The first spring training game is only eight days after that, and Opening Day is just 103 days away.

Next. The silence of the Cubs. dark

That’s 103 days for Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Dallas Keuchel, and every other top-tier free agent to find a new home. That’s 103 days for teams to evaluate and re-evaluate their talent in order to best build a championship level team.

103 days.

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