The baseball hot stove season, and the week of its Winter Meetings in particular, is chock full of rumors that bubble up from nowhere, with no apparent source, seemingly in contradiction of all facts as you understand them. One such rumor cropped up last week when a national writer claimed that the Orioles were “in the mix” for free agent starter Rich Hill.
On the other hand, when Dan Duquette gets in front of some microphones and feeds the rumor mill by giving some quotes with new information, that’s something you have to give some credit, even if what he says doesn’t make any sense.