Every year, one team gets to experience the singular elation of winning the World Series. The other 29 are left to recover their lost hats without the help of an entire parking garage and have nothing to look forward to, except the rumors and results of several days worth of meetings in November.
That started Monday, with the MLB GM Meetings. Our favorite execs put on their best polo shirts and stood near enough to each other for rumors to swirl about exchanges between the franchises they represent. You know as well as I and John Stolnis that the Phillies have a lot to do this winter, and that—whether it’s ground-laying or straight up trades—starts now.