For the Chicago Tribune, Phil Rogers writes an intriguing article discussing how the winter meetings have changed since “back in the day.”

He comically begins the piece writing:

Back in the day, before the Internet, digital music and VORP ratings, baseball’s winter meetings used to be almost as much about debauchery as business. They were not considered to be in session until some well-known executive had fallen flat on his back off a bar stool or a trade had been made in a washroom, just before somebody vomited.

He also gives a run down of trades that were discussed at the winter meetings and could still potentially happen. 

He then discusses the Nationals offseason, and provides some whispers from around the league including non-tender candidates where he mentions Johnny Estrada as a possibility.

Great read. If you’d like to catch up with rumors from across the league they’re in there so check them out.