The week after baseball’s winter meetings often represents a calm in the offseason. Having engaged in unrelenting trade and free-agent discussions, teams step back and evaluate their roster to date.
But that doesn’t mean we should stop asking questions.
Several of the moves have prompted forward-looking thoughts about the upcoming season. Sure, there’s still work to be done, players to be signed and trades to be worked out.
And, of course, that means these answers can drastically change. But for now, let’s see where baseball stands as the offseason heads toward its latter half.