Things to watch after winter meetings

— -- SAN DIEGO -- Major League Baseball's winter meetings wrapped up Thursday with a grand December tradition -- executives and scouts sprinting through a hotel lobby with wheeled suitcases, stopping briefly at the checkout desk and then elbowing each other out of the way in search of cabs to the airport.

This was a winter meetings that even Bill Veeck could love, with lots of imaginative moves and chaos in abundance. It hardly mattered that the activity took place in a romance-free environment, with deals unfolding in the solitude of suites via cell phones and text messages rather than the old-fashioned way -- on cocktail napkins in the hotel bar.

Now that Jon Lester, Matt Kemp, Jimmy Rollins and so many others have found new homes and we can pause for a deep breath, what's on tap for the next few weeks?

Here are 10 things to watch between now and New Year's Day -- or, based on Scott Boras' track record -- Valentine's Day.

1. The Max Scherzer and James Shields vigils

Robinson Cano in the Seattle lineup, or return to San Francisco, where things ended on an ugly note with a PED suspension during his first go-round? Or maybe, like Nelson Cruz, Cabrera finds salvation in Camden Yards with the Orioles.

If an interested team were comfortable plunking down the $60 million or so that Cabrera reportedly is seeking, he already would have a home rather than be waiting for a resolution to his job search.