Lingering Questions as MLB Lockout Puts Game on Hold

Welcome to the first week of MLB’s first labor stoppage in 26 years. If you have questions about what got us here, Sports Illustrated's Stephanie Apstein has a handy primer for you right here, and Tom Verducci has an overview of what’s at stake here. But there’s another category to catch up on: After the chaotic week of free agency that was crammed in before the lockout, a lot has changed in the competitive landscape, and it’s now (temporarily) frozen like this. So here’s a rundown of some of the new questions that baseball will face when it returns—whenever that may be.

Is there anything that can happen during the lockout?

Not really! As you probably already know, there’s a freeze on…