On October 28th, 2011, the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series. On October 29th, the offseason officially began.

Here we are 42 days later, and what an exciting 42 days it has been.

In a winter headlined by Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes and C.J. Wilson, everyone figured sparks would fly. Boy, how the sparks have flown. The scary things is, we are not even close to being done yet.

As of today the Winter Meetings are officially over. There was a lot that happened over the week, only adding to the excitement that has happened so far. With a lot of time to go, it seemed fitting to look back and recount the winners and losers to this point in the offseason.

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