So, what happens when you place all of the Major League Baseball general managers in the same building for three days? What you get my friends are what as known as the winter meetings. During these next few days (Dec 3-5) plenty of high stakes wheeling and dealing will take place to settle any off season needs that your team might be in need of. Looking for a pitcher? Chances are that you can find someone who would be willing to help you out...for the right price.At the end of day one there have only been two transactions. The Washington Nationals acquire Elijah Dukes from the Tampa Bay (Devil-less) Rays for minor leaguer Glenn Gibson. Also the Chicago White Sox swapped minor league first baseman Chris Carter for D-backs outfielder Carlos Quentin. Quentin was injury plagued for the majority of the 2007 season and has a batting avg of .230 in two limited years of playing time. Gibson is considered to be one of the top 10 Chi-Sox prospects.
Other notes: No movement yet on the Johan Santana front. Many, including myself believe Santana will be traded by the end of the day tomorrow, the Red Sox and Yankees are considered to be front runners in this sweepstakes. The Mets are exploring what it would take to land Oakland right hander Dan Haren or Baltimore Orioles strikeout machine Erik Bedard.
More tomorrow....
-Matt Armstrong
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