SAN DIEGO — These were the winter meetings dominated by Scott Boras. His clients Stephen Strasburg ($245 million), Gerrit Cole ($324 million) and Anthony Rendon ($245 million) agreed to three of the 10 biggest contracts in history — total cost $814 million — on consecutive days from Monday through Wednesday.

That removed the top of the free-agent market and the somnambulant pall that hung over the vavoom-less meetings of recent vintage. Still, just about every team but the Yankees left the Manchester Grand Hyatt with major agenda pieces unfulfilled:

Chicago Cubs: They just may be the team of January. The Angels’ signing of Anthony Rendon and the eventual enlistment of Josh Donaldson by most likely the Braves, Dodgers, Nationals or Rangers removes the best free-agent bats and third baseman from this market. And there will be the Cubs with Kris Bryant, Willson Contreras and a hunger to make a seismic shift to a roster gone tepid and a farm system gone fallow.

Are the Cubs interested in what an alpha new manager (David Ross) with a preexisting history with particularly Bryant could mean for the third baseman? Yes, but not enough to ignore maximizing the moment if Bryant is bid on by those who miss on Rendon and Donaldson (interested teams will have to know the outcome of a service-time grievance that could make Bryant free after 2020 rather than 2021). The Cubs also received inquiries on Yu Darvish, who has four years at $81 million remaining. Perhaps when the best of the remaining free-agent starters vanish, Chicago will hear steadier requests for the righty.

Los Angeles Dodgers: Los Angeles president of baseball president Andrew Friedman famously has said, “If you’re always rational about every free agent, you will finish third on every free agent.” Maybe the Dodgers are getting better. They finished second for Cole when the Yankees separated themselves by offering a ninth year and removing all deferrals from their bid. In Friedman’s six-year reign, A.J. Pollock’s four-year, $55 million pact remains the largest given to an outside free agent.

These Dodgers just treat the whole hunt for high-priced free agency as illogical, talk themselves out of it and go to the comfort zone where they are now. Maybe they can pull down Donaldson for four years. Perhaps after signing Blake Treinen to a one-year deal to see if he can rebound to 2018 form, they can do the same with Dellin Betances (there is real interest). How about adding Milwaukee’s Josh Hader on top of that? Francisco Lindor and a Cleveland starter such as Mike Clevinger or Corey Kluber? They want to impact the top of the roster.

Boston Red Sox: There was a lot of noise about what Boston is willing to do to move a big pitching contract belonging to David Price, Nathan Eovaldi or even Chris Sale — if some team were willing to bet on a starter who didn’t pitch the final two months last year with an elbow injury. One persistently talked about strategy was to attach a young, inexpensive talent such as Andrew Benintendi. The Red Sox and Cubs want to be good in 2020, but their focus is not to prioritize next season over fixing the payroll and farm system for the near future. That is why Mookie Betts, heading toward his walk year, will continue to be a star of interest between now and the July 31 trade deadline.

Texas Rangers: They went to complementary rotation pieces with Kyle Gibson and Jordan Lyles to make a big run at a bat. Rendon was their main aim with whom to open their stadium next season. But they would not go to seven years as the AL West rival Angels did. So can they now land Donaldson? With a weakened farm system, it might not be easy to land a strong hitter in a trade, so someone such as Nicholas Castellanos in free agency could become a factor.

Atlanta Braves: Like the Rangers, they are desperate for a bat, needing a cleanup hitter to station behind Freddie Freeman. Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos has a history with Donaldson, having obtained him in Toronto and Atlanta. If he can land Donaldson again, the Braves will have checked off pretty much all of the elements on their to-do list. If not … then suddenly they might have to get more inquisitive about Houston’s Carlos Correa, Colorado’s Nolan Arenado, and Lindor, all of whom reside between difficult to impossible to obtain.

Minnesota Twins: Minnesota has not won a playoff game since 2004. The Twins are being tied to Donaldson. But they need pitching, namely starting. They retained Michael Pineda, but he still has to serve another 39 games on a suspension for using a banned substance. Minnesota needs another quality starter to do more than just be AL Central favorites.

Toronto Blue Jays: Ditto from the Twins. They need starting pitching, even after landing Tanner Roark for two years at $24 million. They are putting a strong, young positional core together. The Blue Jays are not ready to win in a division with the Yankees and Rays. But with the Red Sox perhaps needing a rejiggering if not a rebuild there could be a window here for Toronto to make some inroads in the AL East. Like the Dodgers, the Blue Jays may have to abandon some logic to do that.