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The Rundown: Cubs-Brewers Gap Closing, Comparing Brandon Morrow to Corey Knebel, Former Cubs OF Oscar Gamble Passes Away

It’s February, baseball starts this month. If you are a free agent, you have to be getting concerned at this point. What’s going on here?

Yes, this winter can and should be considered baseball’s Dark Ages for free agents. It’s a tiring but still fascinating subject. With few significant signings, most of us now know what it feels like to be a Cardinals fan.

Wouldn’t it be great if baseball was just simple mathematics? It would be nice to say “we won 86 games last year and we have improved our team by 7 games this winter so naturally we are a 93-win team heading into the season.