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Winter Meetings In Review

MLBTR's 24-hour coverage of the the Winter Meetings has come to an end, as most team executives, agents, and reporters catch flights out of Dallas. With the week's action winding down, it's time for a recap of the major moves and rumors from the meetings:

• The Angels made the biggest news of the week, committing over $330MM to Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson. Pujols signed a ten-year deal, while Wilson inked a five-year pact. So much for the Angels' budgetary limitations. And so much for the club's agreement with LaTroy Hawkins being their major move of the week.
• While the Halos dominated headlines today, it was the Marlins who made a splash earlier in the week, signing Jose Reyes to a six-year deal north of $100MM and agreeing to a four-year contract with Mark Buehrle. Hanley Ramirez reportedly isn't thrilled about moving to third base, but the Marlins expect to have him playing alongside Reyes going forward.
• Teams that missed out on Wilson and Buehrle got some good news -- another top arm became available this week, as Yu Darvish was posted by NPB's Nippon Ham Fighters.
• Prince Fielder rumors didn't really heat up this week, with Scott Boras exercising his usual patience, but here's the latest on the biggest bat left on the market.
• The Mets gave new meaning to the term "arms race," striking three deals for pitchers in the span of about an hour on Tuesday. Frank Francisco and Jon Rauch join the club as free agents, while Ramon Ramirez arrives along with Andres Torres as part of a trade that sent Angel Pagan to the Giants.
• A pair of AL East teams looked to solidy the back of their bullpens, as the Blue Jays acquired Sergio Santos from the White Sox, while the Red Sox unsuccessfully attempted to land Andrew Bailey from the Athletics.
• David Ortiz, Francisco Rodriguez, and Kelly Johnson were the only three free agents to accept arbiration offers from their current clubs, so they'll remain with the Red Sox, Brewers, and Blue Jays, respectively.
• In addition to re-signing Matt Capps, the Twins also proposed a three-year contract to Michael Cuddyer, and dealt Kevin Slowey to the Rockies.
• Huston Street will make the best ballpark move a pitcher could hope for, as he heads from the Rockies to the Padres in a trade.
• The Rockies made another deal as the meetings neared an end today, sending Ian Stewart to the Cubs in a four-player swap.
• The Dodgers continued to add free agents to the fold, signing Aaron Harang to bolster their rotation and adding Jerry Hairston Jr. on a two-year deal.
• Although the Yankees won the rights to negotiate with Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima, his odds of spending 2012 wearing pinstripes don't look great.
• The Pirates may have landed themselves a nice bargain in Erik Bedard, who inked a moderately priced one-year deal.
• The Brewers reached an agreement with Alex Gonzalez, which should put them out of the running for Jimmy Rollins. Rollins appears likely to return to the Phillies.
• His departure from St. Louis wasn't quite as publicized as that of another longtime Cardinal, but Jeff Luhnow will certainly be missed by the club. The Astros, the Cards' division rivals for one more year, hired Luhnow to be their new general manager.
• The Athletics' Gio Gonzalez and Mets' Jonathon Niese drew plenty of interest in Dallas, but neither pitcher was close to being moved by the end of the meetings.
• Manny Ramirez has filed for reinstatement, though he'll have to serve a 50-game suspension before he sees big league action.
• The Orioles acquired Dana Eveland from the Dodgers.
• The Diamondbacks will sign Lyle Overbay.
• Octavio Dotel agreed to a one-year deal with the Tigers.
• Here are the results of today's Rule 5 draft.
• For more in-depth recaps of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, check out MLBTR's Steve Adams' Day in Review posts.

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