Joel Sherman

Joel Sherman

The lessons for baseball’s present from revisiting prospect lists and free-agent megadeals

We are in the lull. The best free agents have signed. Spring training is now less than two weeks away. The major business of the offseason is complete, though I assume we will be surprised a few times between now and Opening Day on March 30.

It is at this time annually that I go through three exercises as a way to — among other items — maintain perspective about the offseason and to continue to think about changes I believe would positively impact the game.

So sharing these exercises fits neatly into 3Up for this week:

1. This is the time of year when the publications that do such things — such as MLB.com, Baseball America and The Athletic — put out their top 100 prospect lists.