Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds

Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesIn today’s news we have a mixed bag of everything: will Juan Soto crack the $700 million mark for his contract? Should Shohei Ohtani play the field? What does the Luis Severino signing mean for the pitching market?

But the biggest news is from two ongoing stadium sagas. In Tampa Bay, the city council has flip-flopped and voted to approve the bonds for the new stadium build. This sounds like good news, but given the tempestuous climate in Tampa Bay right now, a lot of things are still up in the air. For the A’s, meanwhile, they have gotten one massive step closer to getting their new home on the Las Vegas strip.

So let’s jump into today’s…