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Questions remain in wake of Winter Meetings

After four frenzied days in Dallas, there are still a lot of unsettled situations around baseball. Here’s a breakdown of the offseason landscape coming out of the Winter Meetings, highlighting key storylines to watch, notable free agents still on the market and potential candidates to be traded.

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While free agency heats up, so, too, does the trade market after the first major deal of the offseason sent left-hander Garrett Crochet from the White Sox to the Red Sox. Where could some of this offseason’s top remaining trade candidates end up in the weeks and months to come? We asked MLB.com writers to propose some trade packages for five stars who have a good chance of being moved before the 2025 season begins.

Juan Soto’s path to this unprecedented moment in baseball business history is itself unprecedented. He has taken the most weirdly winding road a generational superstar has ever traversed.

MLB Pipeline’s No. 54 overall prospect and Boston’s first-round pick in June joined MLB Network’s “Hot Stove” on Thursday to talk about being traded to the White Sox in the Garrett Crochet blockbuster.

A father-son duo won the mad scramble for Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from Game 1 of the World Series, but the ball is now up for grabs — for the right price, of course.

Evaluators and administrators including the now-retired Sandy Dengler, Hall of Famer Pat Gillick and Rays scout R.J. Harrison were recognized for their contributions to the game.

Call it what you want, but three seismic moves have happened on this date.

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