Baseball commentary, it seems, like nature, abhors a vacuum. In past years, for those so inclined, offseasons were an opportunity to pan the myriad moves made (“Him? For how much? For how long? Are you kidding?), or pan the market, collectively, for letting some savvy Front Office snap someone up on the cheap. As you’re probably aware, the 2017-2018 offseason, meanwhile, feels like the slowest in history; as such, baseball commentary has shifted from panning individual moves to criticizing the state of affairs of baseball as a whole. (Just think, all that agita that would have been directed at an eventual Eric Hosmer contract is currently being directed at baseball’s economic system.
Rebuilds, the Cold Stove, and the Braves
