We are officially two full weeks into the portion of the baseball calendar known as Hot Stove Season, but I actually just filed a petition with the league office to have the name changed.
Some of the new names I included in my pitch are: Source Familiar With Situation Season, Multiple Executives Believe… Season, Asking Price Is Said To Be Too High Season, and [Insert Obvious Declaration On What Team Would “Like” To Do Here] Season.
What I guess I’m trying to say is that for the next two and a half months or so, our Twitter timelines are about to be bombarded with one “update” after another on which players might be going where, who might be talking to who in trade negotiations, and of course, Scott Boras’ overly articulate and somewhat falsely pessimistic feelings toward the labor situation at large.