Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings kicked off on Sunday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., and will run through Thursday, Dec. 8. Beyond the bookends of Sunday’s Today’s Game Era Committee Hall of Fame vote and Thursday’s Rule 5 draft, there’s no telling ahead of time exactly what will happen over the next five days, but here’s a quick guide as to a few things to watch for.
Teams dealing with the ramifications of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement
Last Wednesday, the owners and the Major League Baseball Players Association reached a deal on a new CBA that will govern the sport for the next five years.