The Winter Meetings have started in Florida and Brian Cashman's Yankees, J.D. Martinez and Dave Dombrowski of the Red Sox all figure to be big players. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It's the most-talked-about week of baseball's offseason, the Winter Meetings, and the 2017 version is ripe with opportunity. Two major storylines were wrapped up last week, as Giancarlo Stanton turned down trades to the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants before agreeing to a swap that sent him to the New York Yankees.