GM Meetings

With baseball being a very busy sport when it comes to trades and free agent signings, the MLB is the only one of the four leagues that can get away with having the media cover their GM meetings like they would the primaries in politics. This pales in comparison to the coverage the Winter Meetings will receive a month from now in Las Vegas, when things actually get done.
What goes on in the GM Meetings usually turns out to be nothing more than hot air. A month can change a lot, and most of the time what you hear GM's talking about at these meetings (if you hear anything at all), don't come to fruition.
You can expect big names in the free agent market like Manny Ramirez and Mark Texiera to wait out as long as they can, and to hear as many offers as possible. These two may not even get signed until after the Winter Meetings.