Throughout the offseason the CBS Sports MLB experts will bring you a weekly Batting Around roundtable breaking down pretty much anything. The latest news, a historical question, thoughts about the future of baseball, all sorts of stuff. Last week we discussed Nolan Arenado’s future. This week we’re going to tackle contenders that still have work ahead of them.
After the Winter Meetings, which contender has the most left to do this offseason?
Dayn Perry: I have to say the Orioles. They added Tyler O’Neill, and his right-handed pop is a welcome addition to the Balltimore outfield mix, but Mike Elias continues to behave like he’s not helming a World Series contender. Corbin Burnes is at high risk of signing elsewhere, and that would leave the O’s with a major void at the top of the rotation and no plausible candidates to fill it at this stage of the offseason. This young core of position players isn’t going to be playing at peak and staying healthy forever, which means it should be