Major League Baseball’s offseason is barely a month old, and already there are all sorts of rumors and speculation—and questions—around a number of free agents and trade candidates, as well as teams’ objectives and plans of attack.

Some of the latest center on the fallout from the Boston Red Sox’s spending spree, the possibility of Jon Lester being the first big-name pitcher to change teams and the impact of Cuban slugger Yasmany Tomas signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Having hit on a number of topics last time, what better way to continue taking the temperature of the hot stove than by running through a batch of the hottest questions to cover the latest potential transaction action across the sport?

See, that’s a question in and of itself, although the five to follow are a bit more meaningful. Promise.

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