Conventional wisdom tells us it’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. But for baseball fans, the last weeks of December can be a drag. As the year closes, the offseason comes to a standstill. Players and teams take lengthy breaks, and significant moves don’t happen again until well after the new year.
That layoff might seem even longer this season because we’re dealing with one of the weakest free-agent classes in recent memory. Yoenis Cespedes is gone, and the trio of closers already signed. We’ve reached the point where Daniel Hudson and Derek Holland are starting to dominate the headlines.