Five topics from columnist Ben Frederickson that St. Louis sports fans should be discussing:
1. Survey takes pulse on Stanton speculation
Here's some more fuel for the hot stove.
Of the nine questions ESPN's Jerry Crasnick pitched to a lineup of 40 baseball types — general managers, assistant general managers, baseball operations employees and scouts — there is one that will be devoured here in St. Louis.
Crasnick, in his annual 'Hot Stove Survey' piece that coincided with the start of GM meetings in Orlando, offered anonymity to the league's movers and shakers in an attempt to get a sense of where Marlins slugger and massive trade chip Giancarlo Stanton might fit.