Unsurprisingly, MLB news has been slow since the current lockout started. The bright side is that even though a bucket of ice water got thrown on the hot stove, there’s a good opportunity to look more closely at things like the state of the Cardinals roster and organization, data collected from previous seasons and their implications, Hall of Fame cases, and altogether fun topics that might not get as much attention during hot-stove season. Still, the offseason is long enough as it is and with the lockout going on we’ll all probably need a few extra doses of baseball to get us to Opening Day in 2022.