The annual MLB Winter Meetings, which run from December 4 to 8 this year at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, just outside of Washington D.C., are almost always the busiest and most exciting event of the Hot Stove Season, and the New York Yankees appear poised to be at the center of the action for this winter’s festivities.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has reportedly been in consistent contact with a number of the biggest names on the free agent market since the start of the offseason, most notably sluggers Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista, and Yoenis Cespedes, starting pitchers Rich Hill and Jason Hammel, and their rumored top target of the winter, former closer Aroldis Chapman.