Playing Fact or Fiction with All of MLB's Hottest Week 23 Buzz, Rumors

Spoiler alert: This week's edition of "Fact or Fiction" is chock-full of East Coast bias.

It's not intentional, mind you, but teams in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean are the ones making all the noise this week. That's just how the rumor mill, and speculation in general, rolls sometimes. And none of it pertains to how things will play out down the stretch in 2015. It's all with an eye on 2016 and beyond.

Has a superhero signed his own eviction notice? Is the Evil Empire poised to dominate the offseason headlines? Will the insane amount of starting pitching expected to be available in free agency eliminate the offseason trade market for pitching?

We'll tackle all of that and more on the pages that follow.

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