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Winter Meetings: Day 2

By Anders Jorstad@AndersJorstad Dec 9, 2015, 7:00am PST

Guess the price on this fancy 'do

Day 2 of the Winter Meetings is complete, and with it were more moves. Let's review:

The Rockies made deals with a pair of relief pitchers: Jason Motte and Chad Qualls.
The Cardinals and Padres swapped a pair of players: Jedd Gyorko and Jon Jay.
The Braves agreed to a deal with catcher Tyler Flowers.
Ben Zobirst will join the Cubs after signing a four-year deal.
The Cubs then turned around and sent infielder Starlin Castro to the Yankees.
The Diamondbacks managed to acquire starter Shelby Miller from the Braves.

There were, of course, some rumors, analysis, and minor news as well:

The Mariners have signed outfielder Mike Baxter to a minor league deal.
Bob Dutton has some good notes in his review of the Mariners' action in the second day of the meetings.
The Astros have met with left-handed pitcher Scott Kazmir.
The Orioles reportedly made a rather large contract offer to Chris Davis.
The asking prices for Jose Fernandez are incredibly high.