There was once a time when the baseball hot stove season was some of the biggest news in sports, with big name free agents changing teams, blockbuster deals, and rumor mills that made guys like Peter Gammons, Ken Rosenthal, and Jayson Stark household names. These days, however, the baseball off-season has clearly been eclipsed by both the NFL and NBA off-seasons. Those leagues figured out how to condense their off-season to a week-long feeding frenzy of rumors, signings, trades, and “Woj Bombs.” Meanwhile, the baseball hot stove season has gone into an ice age, with rumors moving at glacial speed, and some players going unsigned well into the season.
A Royals fan’s guide to the 2019 MLB Winter Meetings
