Baseball’s offseason lasts a long time. The Phillies were eliminated from the playoffs on October 9th, and they won’t play another real game until March 27th. That’s almost six months without real baseball, and unless your team won the World Series (Note: The Phillies did not), you’ve got little to do but look forward to next season in hopes that it will end differently.
That’s a large reason why it is so frustrating when your favorite team spends the offseason in relative inactivity, making only minor moves. It’s far more exciting when your team is the “offseason champion.