Because it’s that very slow time in the offseason — unless you happen to be Juan Soto or a team hoping to sign Juan Soto — between the end of awards season and the start of the Winter Meetings next week, there’s little baseball news to discuss. (Seriously: Just rebrand the MLB Network the “Juan Soto Network,” and you’ll have a sense of how things are going.)
Because there’s so little news, MLB writers turn to speculation, which is the approach Mark Feinsand took last week in his article “One free agent who could make sense for every team.