After a long, trying offseason, we’re finally here, Opening Day.
I know, I know, it’s not actually Opening Day, but humor me here.
To be honest, coverage of the lockout was really starting to wear me down—I never even recapped where the final agreement settled (at this point, I’m waiting to see the official agreement before attempting to recap in full)—and it was nice to just take a little break. Also, for multiple reasons, the payroll has been in flux since the very beginning of the season.
With two last-minute major league signings, an arbitration battle turned early season contract extension, the largest guaranteed deal in team history, and trying to slowly compile minimum salaries that haven’t been reported yet, I’ve changed just my Opening Day figure several times already, and the season isn’t even two weeks in yet.