It’s Hot Stove season and the regular rumor mill of team and player option decisions is running hot. We know who has a qualifying offer and we’ll argue about who will accept those offers between now and November 18. Spoiler alert: Kyle Tucker is likely to decline the qualifying offer he got from the Cubs while there is at least a chance that Shōta Imanaga accepts.

As hot as the rumor mill is right now, it’s got nothing on the rumblings threatening to boil over as MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) attempt to stake out their sides in what looks like a heavy weight matchup for the ages over the next Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). On that front, there were some truly shocking details emerging from last summer’s confrontation between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Phillies

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