These MLB questions are trickier to decode than usual

Eric Hosmer; JT Realmuto; David PricePORT ST. LUCIE — Our proud tradition of “30 teams, 30 questions,” a feature launched annually in conjunction with pitchers and catchers reporting to Florida and Arizona, comes with a twist this year.

How could it not, in light of the highly untraditional Hot Stove campaign that just transpired?

First of all, the answers to these questions — which revolve around issues that must reach resolutions, if only temporary ones, by Opening Day — will arrive from external means (free-agent signings, in other words) far more than usual. We’ve grown accustomed to the Orioles, for instance, pulling off a big transaction or two in February and March. The Orioles will be…