The Giants stayed quiet early on the first full day of MLB’s winter meetings, but they should be thrilled that Trea Turner and Justin Verlander spurned the Dodgers for destinations outside th…
SAN DIEGO — It was barely past breakfast Monday when incessant hum of activity in the lobby of the Manchester Grand Hyatt here was interrupted by the buzzing of notifications: the first domino of these winter meetings had fallen.
The Giants, expected to be active this week, didn’t reel in any of them. But neither did the Dodgers, which can be chalked up as a win for San Francisco and everyone else competing in the NL West arms race. Justin Verlander, the reigning AL Cy Young winner and thought to be a target of the Dodgers, who are said to prefer short-term, high-dollar deals, opted to team up with Max Scherzer in New York. Verlander takes take the rotation spot vacated by Jacob deGrom, who kicked off the flurry of activity early, inking a $185 million deal with Bruce Bochy’s Rangers on Saturday.
The Giants and Dodgers could find themselves fighting for the same pitchers as they seek to fill out their rotations. While Los Angeles re-signed Clayton Kershaw to pair with Julio Urías, Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May, they lost Tyler Anderson to the Angels.
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