The #MLB offseason has been so oppressively dull, even Jerry Dipoto has been slow to make moves. Since the #Mariners signed free agent Juan Nicasio Dec. 20, their biggest transactions came Tuesday, when they added Gordon Beckham and Kirk Nieuwenhuis on minor-league deals.
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) January 19, 2018- And it may continue for a few weeks yet...
I asked an MLB executive what he expects on the free agent and trade markets from here. "My latest guess is a consistent trickle for the next few weeks, and then a mad rush the week before spring training,'' he said.