Paul Sullivan: Baseball's hot stove league could use an NBA-style spark after the slow pace of the last few offseasons

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - When discussing teams' interest in free agent Bryce Harper last year at the general managers meetings, agent Scott Boras cautioned that many suitors would be playing it cool over the winter.

"It's not a regatta," Boras said. "It's a submarine race."

The submarine race finally ended more than three months later, during spring training, with Harper signing a record 13-year, $330 million deal with the Phillies.

As baseball executives and agents gather again Monday at the 2019 GM meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz., we can