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The Diamondbacks will spend a lot of time talking with teams and agents about both trades and free agents next week at baseball's annual Winter Meetings, which will take place Monday-Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., but whether a deal will actually get done is less certain.

Arizona has not swung any big deals at the Winter Meetings under GM Mike Hazen, but it has laid groundwork for some big moves at previous meetings.

Last year, for instance, the Meetings set the stage for a trade with the Guardians a couple of weeks later that netted Arizona first baseman Josh Naylor.

Two years ago, the Diamondbacks had extensive

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