LAS VEGAS -- It was a quiet week for the D-backs at the Winter Meetings when it came to news, but behind the scenes, there was plenty of dialogue with both teams and agents.
That was what Arizona GM Mike Hazen expected, because the trade of Paul Goldschmidt last week had dominated his staff's time.
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"There was probably going to be a little lull for us, because we kind of wanted to step back anyway," Hazen said. "We focused so much of our time and energy in this offseason on the Goldschmidt trade -- pretty much every waking minute on it for the last two months.
"We've paid attention to other things and obviously had some conversations around other things, but other areas of our roster that teams have interest in, or that we might want to add, we didn't spend a lot of time on that stuff. So, this gave us this opportunity to do that. That's what we focused this week on."

BIGGEST REMAINING NEEDS

1. CF: With the expected departure of free agent A.J. Pollock, the D-backs will need to find a replacement. It's possible that could be second baseman Ketel Marte moving to center, which would then open another hole in the infield.
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   2. 1B/2B: If Marte moves to center, Eduardo Escobar likely would play second. That means Jake Lamb would need to stay at third and the D-backs would need to find a first baseman to replace Goldschmidt. Or, the D-backs could move Lamb to first, play Escobar at third and look to acquire a second baseman.
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   3. Bullpen: The D-backs are not necessarily looking for a closer, but aren't opposed to picking one up, either. By not anointing a closer now, the D-backs are following their playbook from 2017 when leaving that role open allowed them to sign Fernando Rodney later in the offseason, because they were one of the few teams that could offer him the closer's job. Either way, they'd like to add some depth to the back of the bullpen.

RULE 5 DRAFT
The D-backs selected right-hander Nick Green in the Major League phase of the Draft and see him as a longshot candidate to make the bullpen.
In the Triple-A phase of the Draft, the D-backs picked outfielder Jeffrey Baez from the Giants organization, and they lost right-hander Jason Creasy to the Braves and right-hander Cristofer Ogando to the Rays.
GM'S BOTTOM LINE
"I think it was active in terms of our ability to gather information about things, where things stand both on the free-agent and trade markets, which I think serves us well heading home. We have a number of irons in the fire right now. Nothing really overly close, but at least things for us to think about and consider." -- Hazen