Several MLB teams already completed their holiday shopping for 2015, crossing items off their wish lists early in a frantic offseason.
Yet with a week left in 2014, several high-profile storylines loom large across the diamond. Most involve marquee names far from guaranteed to stay put before Opening Day. If this offseason has taught fans anything, few players are truly off limits.
Will anyone purchase some late presents before the New Year rolls around? Now that winter is truly upon us, general managers will feel added pressure to address weaknesses while planning ahead to 2015 and beyond.
Maybe it won’t beat the new video game found under the tree yesterday, but the gift of endless possibilities continues to bestow baseball fans this offseason.