It was just last spring, in this very space, that we wrote these fateful words:
In recent years, the good old blockbuster spring training trade has become more rarified than a Myles Straw home run trot.
Ha. Good thing we added this important addendum: But maybe not this year.
That’s because you know what happened exactly 20 days later? A fellow named Dylan Cease got traded from the White Sox to the Padres. Apparently, the good old blockbuster spring training trade isn’t dead after all.
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Now keep that in mind over these next few weeks, OK? We just finished conducting our annual spring preview survey of 32 executives, former executives, coaches and scouts. And
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