2018 – News from the winter meetings include free agent P Charlie Morton signing with the Rays for two years and $30 million, and a trade of players named Tanner, with Tanner Roark going from Washington to Cincinnati in return for Tanner Rainey.

National broadcaster Bob Costas is the winner of the Ford Frick Award while long-time writer for the Akron Beacon Journal Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. They will both be honored at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony next July.

The Yankees continue to be the most active team at the Winter Meetings as they trade IF Chase Headley and P Bryan Mitchell to the Padres in return for OF Jabari Blash. The deal is a transparent move to shed payroll after adding the multimillion-dollar contract of Giancarlo Stanton a day earlier.

2016 – The Dodgers re-sign closer Kenley Jansen for five years and $80 million, while the Rays finalize their deal with C Wilson Ramos, drawn away from the Nationals by a two-year deal worth $12.5 million.

The Phillies and Astros swing a seven-player trade, with closer Ken Giles going to Houston, while the Phillies land the number 1 pick in the 2013 amateur draft, P Mark Appel, along with Ps Brett Oberholtzer and Vincent Velasquez headed the other way.

2014 – The Red Sox complete a trade to acquire P Wade Miley from Arizona that was rumored to be in the works for a few days; Ps Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster head to the desert in return. In another trade, the Rangers get P Ross Detwiler from Washington for minor leaguers Chris Bostick and Abel De Los Santos

The annual Winter Meetings wind up with a few deals: Miami trades OF Justin Ruggiano to the Cubs for OF Brian Bogusevic, while the Tigers sign P Joba Chamberlain to a one-year deal and the Giants add OF Mike Morse, also for one year.