NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball executives weaved around vacationing families Monday at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, crossing indoor rivers and passing Christmas trees.
MLB’s annual winter meetings had kicked off, bringing hope that having agents and representatives from every team under the same roof would ignite a spike in transactions. But there was also a sense that many free agents and teams were waiting for superstar Shohei Ohtani to decide on his landing spot, with his announcement freeing up the market.
