SAN DIEGO — It was Tuesday afternoon, just about halfway through Major League Baseball's first in-person winter meetings in three years, and Andrew Friedman wasn't sure how to assess the three-day affair.
"It's a real love-hate," the Dodgers' president of baseball operations said. "It's not the healthiest three days of the year for me. But it's efficient. We're able to plow through a lot of things that otherwise potentially take days."
The winter meetings have traditionally been where the MLB universe congregates for business. Oftentimes, it's a chance for team executives to physically meet with a free agent's representatives. The players themselves surface occasionally.
