Giants, A’s expecting fruitful winter meetings in wake of Stanton/Ohtani decisions

Teams out of the Giancarlo Stanton and Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes had a similar reaction to the players finding new baseball homes before the winter meetings.

Hallelujah.

With Stanton a Yankee and Ohtani an Angel, the business of matching other big-name available players with suitors can commence, and it just so happens the offseason’s wildest week of rumors, innuendos and sometimes even rampant player movement is upon us.

The winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., which run through Thursday, should be hopping now that the two biggest dominoes have fallen, clearing the way for the next tiers of players to be moved and creating a trickle-down effect expected to last into the new year.