Flood’s most important contribution to baseball is his challenge of the game’s vaunted anti-trust exception, and how he helped usher in a new era of player rights and rising salaries.

Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals seemed to have a knack for finding trouble.

Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals seemed to have a knack for finding trouble.

Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals seemed to have a knack for finding trouble.

Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals seemed to have a knack for finding trouble.

Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals seemed to have a knack for finding trouble.

The baseball winter meetings have concluded with a number of moves that significantly altered the landscape of baseball. While the Royals did not strike any deals, there are a few trades that would be interesting to see them explore in the coming months in an effort to help get them to the next level.   [...]

Talent evaluators believe that the Royals’s system have as much depth as any franchise in baseball, with an impressive collection of pitching and hitting prospects.