As baseball’s Hot Stove season cooled down for the Christmas holiday, one thing was clear in the American League Central Division: hoping to improve, most of its teams are wheeling and dealing, making trades and signing free agents. So far, the KC Royals boast a new third baseman and a few recycled pitchers; but are they doing enough, and will they do more?
Every big league team can stand improvement; nowhere in baseball might this be truer than in the AL Central. The Division’s reputation as one of the weakest and least competitive divisions (if not the weakest and least competitive) is well-earned — only six times in the last 20 seasons have more than two Central Division teams finished above .