November 23, 2024: Baseball’s Dead Zone

It’s that awkward time in the MLB calendar. The postseason feels like a distant memory, the winter meetings are still a speck on the horizon, and the only real news of note is about players turning down qualifying offers. A resounding meh echoes across the baseball landscape.

The one storyline with a flicker of life? Juan Soto, the generational slugger whose talent and youth demand a contract worth up to $600 million. Soto is taking meetings with teams, and while most of the league can only dream of his services, the list of realistic suitors is down to the usual suspects: Dodgers, Mets, and Yankees. These are the clubs with the pockets deep enough to handle the megabucks required to lock him in long-term. Expect rumors to swirl and speculation to dominate, but the finish line on this saga still feels miles away.

For the rest of us, this is the dead zone. The baseball equivalent of staring at a clock that doesn’t move. It’s a tough week to be a baseball fan, let alone a baseball writer. Here at ThreeAndTwo, we’re making the most of it—tweaking site features, refining designs, and preparing for more exciting times. But let’s face it, there’s not much to work with.

If you’re desperate for a baseball fix, consider checking out the Netflix documentary on the 2004 Boston Red Sox. Relive the drama of that historic curse-breaking season and remind yourself what real excitement feels like. Or, if you’re more hands-on, fire up Out of the Park Baseball. In our own little baseball multiverse, we just clinched the 2028 World Series with the Seattle Mariners, powered by—you guessed it—Juan Soto leading the lineup.

For now, we wait. It’s all we can do.