In our experience, the best way to pass the time between the start of a new year and the arrival of spring training is to dream up some earth-moving Major League Baseball trades.
So, we did exactly that in thinking up eight deals that would shift MLB's balance of power in 2020. For this, our only stipulation was to disregard any possibilities involving buyers sending unproven prospects to rebuilders in exchange for a star player or two.
Instead, we imagined swaps between teams that are either obviously or ostensibly set to contend this season and that are centered on players who are either established major leaguers or who have at least gotten their feet wet in The Show.