Baseball's Offseason, Where The Weather Is Cold But The Stove Is Hot

Baseball winter meetings -- one of the few places where Scott Boras is treated like a rock star and the lobby of the hotel is the coolest place to be -- wrap up on Thursday, bringing a close to the unofficial opening of the Hot Stove.

The past few days have seen a good number of deals emerge from Indianapolis, ranging from the Yankees-Tigers-Diamondbacks three-way trade that will have Curtis Granderson patrolling center field in the Bronx to ... some other move that is decidedly less interesting (Nationals signing an old Pudge Rodriguez? Red Sox trading for Boof Bosner?).

Elsewhere around the diamond:

• Chone Figgins signed a four-year deal with the Mariners
• Andy Pettitte decided he could use another $12 million and signed a one-year deal to stay with the Yankees
• The Brewers were busy, signing both Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins
• Texas was even busier, trading Kevin Millwood to the Orioles, closing in on a deal with Rich Harden and then on Thursday, agreeing to trade for 3B MIke Lowell.
• Oh, and Barry Bonds may finally be officially done with baseball, apparently

And with names like Jason Bay and Matt Holliday still on the market, there is certain to be more heat provided by baseball's Hot Stove before pitchers and catchers report (which, by the way, is just two months away).