Christmas is over, which means 2026 is right around the corner. Once the weekend passes, the hot stove should start warming back up to at least a lukewarm temperature. Speaking of lukewarm, the weather has been quite different from what is normally a windy and frigid time of year in Illinois. I say this as it is quickly becoming windy and frigid again, but the point still stands.
Kazuma Okamoto and Tatsuya Imai have to choose teams in the first week of January, which should jumpstart the offseason. In what has become an increasingly common trend, a large portion of the free agent market has yet to find a new home.