MLB rumors: A Juan Soto free-agency sweepstakes update, plus the Orioles hunt for starting pitching [Video]

A quick glance at Mike Axisa’s handy offseason guide to key dates shows that we’re just one week away from the Winter Meetings. Most offseasons, that means business is about to pick up. Sometimes it doesn’t, but we’ll hold out hope that it means we’re in for a busy week of rumors before the Winter Meetings provide lots of movement. 

Given that it is the Sunday after Thanksgiving, things are bound to be slow for this particular day, but there could well be some foundation laying for the two weeks ahead. 

We’ll gather the news and rumors for the day right now. Let’s get on with it. 

Two leaders for Soto? 

Through much of the offseason so far, most of us have believed free-agent superstar Juan Soto was going to end up in New York, with either the Yankees or Mets. The leaders in the race …