Published on Friday, December 11, 2009
By RONALD BLUM
INDIANAPOLIS . As general managers headed out the hotel doors and into the bone-chilling air, most had much work to do. Only the New York Yankees, Houston, Texas and Milwaukee accomplished a lot this week during the winter meetings.
The top three free agents . John Lackey, Matt Holliday and Jason Bay . remained unsigned. Toronto ace Roy Halladay was still being shopped.
With two weeks left until the holiday break, agents and teams figure to try to wear each other down. Some premier players may not know their spring training destination until January.
Essentially, teams are acting as if they were shoppers waiting for price drops. Why pay full price when markdowns might be coming soon, especially for position players?
You can turn left, you can turn right, you can look up and down and you've got a DH sitting right there begging for a job, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said.
Some players seem to be waiting to find out where the Yankees will bid for them
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