Rays Winter Meetings preview 2022

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Rays Winter Meetings preview 2022

ST. PETERSBURG — The last time MLB’s Winter Meetings were held in person, Randy Arozarena was still a St. Louis Cardinal, Shane McClanahan had just reached Double-A and Wander Franco was an 18-year-old in High-A ball. Yeah, it’s been a while. Baseball’s marquee offseason event will return next week as executives, managers, agents and media […]

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