“As I’ve said a lot of times over the years, winning the offseason is probably more curse than blessing,” Hoyer said, per The Athletic. That doesn’t mean deals get across the finish line – especially when major names are holding things up – but it does mean you probably get more done in laying foundations than you would without a dedicated week for “the Winter Meetings.” But it probably still matters that every executive for every team and every agent for every player KNOWS that this week was a time to set aside everything else and talk turkey. “But it does force some action, and I think that we definitely leave here with a lot more information about things we think we might be able to accomplish than when we got here, which was kind of the goal.”Ĭomment: Obviously the meetings aren’t what they used to be, and we saw very little activity across baseball this week. I do think in some ways these Meetings are different than they used to be. You’re up late, talking to people - I think that’s really valuable. “I definitely feel like it was a worthwhile Meetings,” Hoyer said, per MLB.com. The Value of the Winter Meetings This Week I thought I’d share some of his quotes that stood out to me most, followed by a comment of my own.
