The Diamondbacks’ front office arrive at the winter meetings in Florida with a lot of work to do between now and Opening Day. So far, the only significant arrival on the roster has been the return of backup catcher James McCann. The team still needs to look at finding replacements for two starting pitchers; repair a bullpen which was (again!) among the worst in baseball; and perhaps look at adding some offense on the corner infield and/our outfield positions. Of course, we can’t expect all of those to take place over a few days in Orlando. But Arizona fans can be forgiven for wanting to see more significant moves.

Of course, it’s true to say that the winter meetings are no longer quite as important as they were. Back in the day, they used to almost the only time trades could be negotiated

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