And no one rebuilt their team at the winter meetings using a series of trades more than St. Louis Cardinals GM Whitey Herzog in 1980, who engineered three trades involving 23 players, including future Hall of Famers Bruce Sutter, Rollie Fingers and Ted Simmons. Two years later, the Cardinals won the World Series with Herzog as manager.

With Ryan Helsley off the market, Pete Fairbanks might be the next closer to sign. The Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins are among the teams interested in him, according to industry sources briefed on his market.