MLB news and trade rumors heat up at GM Meetings for free agents

LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball’s general managers gathered this week in Las Vegas, spoke to agents roaming the lobby of the Cosmopolitan, found out who’s actually available in trades, and departed to the airport vowing to keep in touch over the next 3 ½ weeks until everyone convenes again at the baseball winter meetings in Orlando.
There were no trades, no major free-agent signings, but GMs walked away armed with at least enough information to begin making calls in the next two weeks before Thanksgiving.
The GMs, much to their dismay, learned that Pittsburgh Pirates Cy Young winner Paul Skenes is not available, under any circumstance.
“Paul Skenes is going to be a Pirate in 2026,