If you follow me on Twitter, and you probably do since people don’t really just come here randomly, you’ll know that I booked my trip to Spring Training for a few weeks from now. It’ll be my third straight year going and the seventh year out of the last eight. I can’t remember why I didn’t go in 2016. Seems like it would have been extra fun coming off the World Series, but oh well, can’t go back in time. With the weather so cold this week in Kansas City (but warming up for a bit, hello sinus headaches!), it’s gotten me thinking extra hard about some baseball. It’s close, guys. Real close. So close that the fact that like half the free agents entering the winter are still free agents is becoming worrisome. Okay fine, it was already worrisome, but it’s even worse now. So let’s calm those nerves with some notes.