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MLB
Winter
Baseball
Meetings
continue
in Las
Vegas
By
Raymond
Rolak
TELL US
USA
Sports
Editor
LAS
VEGAS -
A big
question
at the
2018
Baseball
Winter
Meetings
being
held at
the
Mandalay
Bay
Resort
is if
native
son
Bryce
Harper
will be
making
an
appearance
with his
wife,
Kayla.
He is
expected
to be
the
biggest
free
agent
signing
in
history.
His
agent,
Scott
Boras
has been
seen
wandering
the
corridors
of the
convention
and
meeting
spaces.
All the
major
league
execs
are in
town to
make a
blockbuster
trade
and
finalize
their
spring
training
rosters.
It's the
first
time the
meetings
have
been
held
here in
a
decade.
At the
general
managers
meetings
in early
November,
Nationals
GM Mike
Rizzo
said he
made an
offer to
Boras,
which
was
reported
to be
for
10-years,
$300
million.
That
figure
should
be
measured
with a
grain of
salt as
it just
a
starting
point. I
think it
will be
closer
to $400
million.
“Every
GM in
baseball
wants
him
because
he fills
a need,
but the
owners
are
pursuing
Bryce
Harper
because
they
know he
can also
make
them a
billion
dollars
over a
period
of
years,”
said
Boras.
Also
in
suburban
Summerlin
the Las
Vegas
Aviators
unveiled
their
new logo
for the
AAA
club.
It was
designed
by a
company
called
Brandiose,
which
according
to its
website
has
designed
logos
for more
than 100
pro
sports
teams.
Aviators
president
Don
Logan
said,
“The
reaction
is
mostly
positive.
The
Aviator
idea has
evolved.
What
Howard
Hughes
was back
in the
Spruce
Goose
era,
this is
a new
wave
kind of
thing.”
Former
Detroit
Pistons
star and
present
day WNBA
coach of
the Las
Vegas
Aces,
Bill
Laimbeer
was seen
promoting
his
team. He
was
actually
very
cordial,
something
that
eluded
him
during
his
playing
days.
The
Detroit
Tigers
signed
right-hander
Tyson
Ross to
a
one-year
deal on
the
first
day of
the
Winter
Meetings.
The deal
is
reportedly
worth
$5.75
million.
“For us,
he’s a
legit
pitcher
and he’s
a good
candidate
to even
get
better
in
2019,”
general
manager
Al Avila
said.
“His
overall
stuff is
still
pretty
darn
good.”
The
Tigers
now have
six
qualified
candidates
to fill
five
starting
pitching
positions.
They
include
Ross,
righties
Jordan
Zimmermann
and
Michael
Fulmer,
and
lefties
Matthew
Boyd,
Daniel
Norris
and Matt
Moore.
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