What’s the Deal? Did G.M.’s Take the Winter Off?

During this past off-season in the MLB, General managers of the 32 baseball teams remained quiet with their off-season transactions."Thirty-five trades have been made since the end of the season compared with 56 in the corresponding period last off-season. This off-season, 19 trades have been made involving 25 recognizable major league players; last off-season, 37 trades were made involving 52 recognizable". Teams this off-season were more worried about free agents then they were big name players. Because of this, teams saved more money by not reallocating their resources and keeping the sources they have to make more money by filling seats then by filling up the pay roll. Although teams are holding on to their young players, in baseball it takes a few years to develop an every day major league player. Teams now are taking better care of their younger players because of scarce number of them. By keeping these players and not reallocating their resources they are being better productive. What do you think was the reason for MLB General Managers to make no moves this off-season???