Two months have passed since the Kansas City Royals celebrated their first World Series championship in 30 years, yet we sit here on New Year’s Eve with more questions than answers about which team—or teams—are in the best position to take the crown from the defending champs.
While we’ve seen a pair of notable moves go down in recent days—Scott Kazmir became the fifth left-handed starter in the Los Angeles Dodgers rotation, while Aroldis Chapman joined an already filthy New York Yankees bullpen—there are still multiple game-changing players available.
Is one of those game-changers closer to making a decision on where his future home will be? Could one of baseball’s most stubborn veterans be resolved to becoming more flexible in the new year? Will a former All-Star shortstop reinvent himself as the next coming of Ben Zobrist?
We’ll tackle all of that and more in this week’s edition of Fact or Fiction.