Phillies winter meetings preview: Trades, Rule 5 draft, roster crunch
The Nation’s Capital will become the center of the baseball world over the next week as the winter meetings get underway Sunday in Washington. The meetings run through Thursday morning, concluding with the Rule 5 draft, and will play out against a backdrop of labor peace as the owners and players agreed on a new five-year labor deal on Wednesday night. Teams looking to make a big score on the free-agent market will find sluggers in Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista, quality producers in Dexter Fowler, Justin Turner and Ian Desmond and proven closers in Mark Melancon, Kenley Jansen and Aroldis Chapman.
