Alex Anthopoulos’ Winter Meetings style, like most of his dealings, is best summed up by Lil Wayne:
Real Gs move in silence
The Braves general manager’s history, just like his other dealings, simply doesn’t speak to his being active as baseball hits San Diego this weekend. Instead -- as he’s put it in many conversations -- he uses it as an opportunity to lay the foundation for future dealings. Hence his first major move with Atlanta coming days after his first Winter Meetings at the helm, when he dealt Matt Kemp to the Dodgers in 2018.