From the Zack Greinke-less Los Angeles Dodgers to the injured and depleted St. Louis Cardinals, it’s been a bummer of an offseason for some of the top MLB clubs from 2015.
Scanning the league, the Dodgers and the Cardinals headline the list of October hopefuls who have been far too quiet this winter if they want to keep up with the best of the best.
To single out the following five squads, we zeroed in on teams who have obvious needs—which have so far gone unmet—and who play in unforgiving divisions. Naturally, with the second criteria in mind, we had to include one team from the relentless American League Central.