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Parade of relievers keep rolling as winter meetings end

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Much like the postseason, the baseball winter meetings became a parade of relievers.

Steve Cishek and Fernando Rodney were on the move Thursday, joining Brandon Morrow, Luke Gregerson, Bryan Shaw, Joe Smith and other setup men, middlemen and specialists going to new teams this week.

The bullpen gates figure to keep swinging open, too. Closers Wade Davis and Greg Holland are still available.

“That’s probably the one area in which there’s been a lot of activity, at least on the free-agent market,” Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said.

Cishek and Morrow are going to the Chicago Cubs, who could lose Davis.

“You got to have that great bullpen to play the last game of the year and win it,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.

GMs, executives and scouts who packed a hotel lobby near Disney World for three days headed home, eager to continue their holiday shopping.

Big hitters J.D. Martinez, Eric Hosmer and Carlos Santana are in play, along with Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas. Yu Darvish, Jake Arrieta, Alex Cobb and Lance Lynn certainly would help any rotation.

Overall, 12 major league free agents have finalized contracts this offseason. At the same point last year, there were 42 deals.

Piscotty is from the Bay Area. His mother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in May, and this deal lets him play close to the family home in Pleasanton, Calif.

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