The Diamondbacks are focused on the obvious -- bullpen, right-handed bat -- but GM Mike Hazen said they aren’t limited to those areas.
SAN DIEGO — While some rival clubs were throwing around money, the Diamondbacks seemed to have a relatively quiet first day at the winter meetings on Monday. But while speaking with reporters late in the afternoon, General Manager Mike Hazen seemed to at least hint at the potential for his team to make some noise.
Hazen said he wasn’t yet able to go into specifics on that front. What he was referring to might not come into focus until it actually happens — if it ever does. The only big name to be connected to the Diamondbacks in a prominent way on Monday was that of free-agent shortstop Xander Bogaerts. According to one report, the Diamondbacks have been “among the most serious” of his suitors.
A Diamondbacks-Bogaerts deal seems increasingly unlikely in the wake of the reported 11-year, $300 million contract the Philadelphia Phillies are giving Trea Turner, an agreement that raises the bar for the shortstop market.Outfielder Pavin Smith is back in the country following a 16-game stint playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic, and Hazen said he was pleased not just with how Smith played but with the fact that he was willing to do so in the first place.
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