Playing Fact or Fiction with All of MLB's Hottest Pre-Winter Meetings Buzz

If Major League Baseball's hot stove isn't yet at a full boil, it soon will be, what with the annual rumor-and-speculation fest that is the winter meetings, which get underway Sunday, Dec. 7, in San Diego.

In the past week alone, there have been a pair of big-money deals for free agents Nelson Cruz with the Seattle Mariners and Nick Markakis with the Atlanta Braves, as well as the surprising swap between the Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays involving Josh Donaldson.

And the action—or, at least, the potential for action—should only pick up as representatives for all 30 teams congregate in one location to talk shop.

As such, there's already plenty of chatter and hearsay, some of which can be believed—and some of which cannot.

In the hours leading up to the winter meetings, let's run through a batch of the hottest rumors and play a little fact or fiction.

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