Spring training has finally arrived, bringing with it the optimism that only a new baseball season can offer. 

Of course that optimism runs higher in some camps than others, with a handful of clubs still scrambling to bolster their rosters before Opening Day arrives. The good news for those teams is that a larger-than-expected number of players are still looking for new homes, increasing their options.

Is a fringe contender about to remove “fringe” from its description? Will the slow recoveries of a pair of veteran stars from offseason surgery force their respective teams to seek additional reinforcements? 

We’ll tackle all of that and more in this week’s edition of Fact or Fiction. 

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