On the surface, spring training is a leisurely affair. Scores and stats don't matter much. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. Ahhh.
There's a serious subtext bubbling under the chalk and fresh-cut grass, however. Spring is also a time when choices must be made—real, tough, consequential choices.
Trades could be consummated. Players will be demoted and cut. Jobs will be won and lost.
Every club faces these decisions. Let's run through 10 of the biggest that need to be adjudicated before Opening Day, including a former American League MVP on the roster bubble, a young slugger without a position on the defending champs and a troubled franchise in ownership limbo.