NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- That sound you heard was the alarm clock going off Sunday at baseball's winter meetings.

After 2½ days of hibernation, the sport finally woke up, and 12 teams announced some kind of move -- in a span of less than five hours. Here's a look at some of them:

Diamondbacks
They needed a veteran starter to pitch behind the Randy Johnson-Curt Schilling Aces Inc. tag team. By dealing Erubiel Durazo, they got Elmer Dessens, who somehow was able to go just 7-8 in Cincinnati despite the sixth-best ERA in the National League (3.03).

"This was, by far the best, most attractive deal we could make," said Arizona general manager Joe Garagiola Jr. "We like Elmer Dessens a lot. We knew we were giving up a lot in Durazo., but pitching is what we came here to address."

We don't know what this means, but there must be some significance to the fact that Dessens and Durazo got traded for each other one day after Dessens attended Durazo's wedding Saturday in their mutual hometown, Hermosillo, Mexico.

Reds
They traded away their most consistent starter in Dessens. But the Reds got the kind of guy that GM Jim Bowden lives to trade for -- Felipe Lopez, a massively hyped young player with all the tools any young shortstop would want in his tool kit. The Reds haven't figured out yet whether Lopez will play second or short. But it's possible his arrival could push Barry Larkin over to second.

"This kid has megatalent," said one scout Sunday. "And he's been playing great in Puerto Rico. He's still got to prove he can be concentrate day-in and day-out and stay focused seven days a week. But he can be a hell of a shortstop."

Blue Jays
It hasn't been announced yet, but the player to be named later the Blue Jays get out of their participation in the big four-team Oakland-Arizona-Cincinnati-Toronto production will be 23-year-old right-hander Jason Arnold, coming off a big 13-4 season in the A's and Yankees' minor-league systems.

The Blue Jays rate Arnold as one of the best pitching prospects in baseball. A scout we surveyed placed him a notch below that -- but predicted he'll arrive in the big leagues in a hurry.

"He's got above-average stuff, and he'll battle the hell out of you on the mound," the scout said. "Good delivery. Very competitive. He can challenge people and still keep himself under control, which is very rare. A lot of guys blow hitters away in the minor leagues. This kid does it by design. And he's a real quality kid."

Devil Rays
The Devil Rays spent three days hunting for a shortstop at these meetings but didn't want to give up their best prospects and didn't want to spend a lot of money.

They turned down Felipe Lopez for their best young pitcher, Joe Kennedy. So they wound up gambling on Rey Ordonez, who will cost them about $1.25 million after you factor in the $4.25 million they got from the Mets and the $775,000 they won't have to pay player-to-be-named-later Russ Johnson.

"We explored some trade opportunities to go younger (at short)," said GM Chuck LaMar. "But those didn't materialize. And every time they did, we would have had to give up one of our good young players. This was a way, we thought, of helping our young players without giving up a tremendous amount of money."

Ordonez's .245 career average is the third-worst among active players who have batted as many times as he has. And he's coming off a 19-error season that was his worst since his rookie year. But one scout said: "Get him away from New York and Bobby (Valentine), and he can still be a spectacular defensive player."

Mets
The Mets talked for a while about trading Ordonez for Ben Grieve. But in the end, they decided to make this a strict addition-by-subtraction deal.

They'd seen enough of Ordonez's act. They saved more than $1 million. They opened a mid-2003 vacancy for big-time shortstop prospect Jose Reyes. And now they can turn their attention to the next two salary dumps on their offseason to-do list -- Jeromy Burnitz and Roger Cedeno.

To hold the fort until Reyes is ready, they'll look for cheap free-agent shortstop options from a group that could include Mike Bordick and the nontender field.

"This deal," said GM Steve Phillips, diplomatically, "was just about moving to a new era of our club at shortstop."

Red Sox
There were 13 major leaguers this year who hit 20 or more home runs, had an on-base percentage above .410 and had a slugging percentage above .500. Twelve of them had names like Barry Bonds and Jim Thome and Todd Helton. The other was Jeremy Giambi, whom the Red Sox traded for Sunday.

"He's going to fit in as a big part of our situation at first base," said boy GM wonder Theo Epstein. "He's an on-base machine."

The Red Sox see him now as their first baseman. Then again, they haven't seen him with a glove on with their own eyes. But Giambi can hit. And all they gave up was second-tier pitching prospect Josh Hancock. So what the heck.

Phillies
They came to Nashville chasing Chuck Finley and Russ Ortiz and Bartolo Colon. But so far, all the Phillies have wound up with is Hancock, a 24-year-old right-hander who went 7-6 between Double-A and Triple-A and whose claim to trivia fame is that, when Pedro Martinez decided to skip his last start of the year, he nominated Hancock to take it.

The Phillies had planned to deal Giambi for an established set-up man. But they continue to wait to see if free agent Terry Adams re-signs to take that job. So they opted to deal for Hancock, who will go to Scranton but has a chance, predicted GM Ed Wade, "to help us sooner rather than later."

One scout's review of Hancock: "He's been held back by some physical problems. And there are some questions about his work ethic. Stuff-wise, he's a No. 4-5 starter. In Philadelphia, I seem him as a middle reliever."

The good news for the Phillies is that they seem to be back in the hunt for Finley, whose rumored deal with the Cardinals appeared to have collapsed Sunday.

Cardinals
Their deal with Finley might be off for good. But they were able to trade Luther Hackman to San Diego on Sunday for the enigmatic Brett Tomko, who will be with his fourth team in five years.

"He's streaky," said one scout. "Good streak. Bad streak. Story of his career."

"He's got an upside if he can get more consistent," said another scout. "But it's all command. He's never been able to get consistent with his command."

The Cardinals might have no more big-budget acquisitions planned, but manager Tony La Russa intimated they're not through, saying they could still make "several more moves" before spring training.

Orioles
They've been looking for a shortstop after passing on Mike Bordick before the free-agent arbitration deadline. And the answer is ... uh, Deivi Cruz?

"He got too heavy to play short every day for me," said one scout. "His skills and his intangibles are fine. And he catches what he gets to. But he got heavy -- and he's not getting any thinner."

Yankees
They're one team that didn't make a move Sunday. In fact, they appeared to fall behind the Red Sox in the hunt for one of the Expos' big starters, Bartolo Colon or Javier Vazquez. But clearly, if the Yankees do deal for one of those two, the Yankees' career of Roger Clemens is over.

"Whatever happens happens," shrugged Clemens' agent, Randy Hendricks. "We've both communicated extensively, so it's not like we don't have a clear understanding of each other's positions. But if he does leave, it will be their choice, not his."

Hendricks said reports that Clemens has no other options are "absurd." And there have been indications that the Rangers, Diamondbacks and possibly even the Mets could jump into the bidding if the Yankees wave goodbye.

"We haven't really negotiated with other teams," Hendricks said. "But we have been told by a number of teams that if Roger doesn't come back to the Yankees, they're ready to talk -- and so are we."

Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com.