Biggest free-agent deals in Winter Meetings history

The Winter Meetings are often the setting in which baseball’s Hot Stove activity escalates, and they could be especially enthralling this year. The Meetings officially begin Monday at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, and the availability of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado — two 26-year-old free agents capable of commanding record free-agents contracts — raises the stakes in a city known for such action. Before we find out if the Harper and Machado markets will start to sizzle in Sin City, here’s a trip down memory lane to look at the biggest free-agent deals in Winter Meetings history.