It’s the season of opting! Folks are opting in. Other folks are opting out, and the free agent market is taking shape.
This week we head into the General Manager meetings where some things may come into clearer focus. All the MLB executives will be meeting in perfectly sanitary Scottsdale, Ariz. where a high concentration of sports jackets and alcohol could lay the foundation for future offseason happenings. MLB.com thinks we might get some insight as to who has enough duffel bags full of cash to land Gerrit Cole, how the third base market might shape up, and what might happen with some familiar names like Francisco Lindor and Kris Bryant.