The winners of the winter meetings in 2015 were the Arizona Diamondbacks, who signed the best starting pitcher (Zack Greinke) and traded for another All-Star arm (Shelby Miller).
The Snakes then went 69-93 and finished a mere 22 games out of first place in the National League West. But, hey, they won the winter meetings.
But the team crowned the champions last week at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center has no intentions of contending in 2017. Their stiffest competition in National Harbor, Md. _ and one of their trading partners _ expects to win and win big.
And the Boston Red Sox have something else going for them: The team a year ago that was said to have had the biggest winter meetings next to Arizona was the Chicago Cubs, and look at them now.
Still, Red Sox fans probably shouldn't plan a party on Boylston Street just yet.
