The good news for MLB's most inactive contenders like the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals is that it's not even Christmas yet, which means there's still plenty of time left to shop.
The bad news for those clubs is that the offseason simply hasn't gone to script—at least not yet.
As the baseball world prepares to shut down for the holiday season, this is the perfect time to survey the league and figure out which contenders can afford to be patient and which ones should be hitting the panic button.
The squads that fall on the "patient" side of the equation tend to have prominent needs that can still be readily filled either via free agency or the trade market. Meanwhile, the teams that land in the "panic" camp tend to have some major lingering weaknesses and happen to be playing in fiercely competitive divisions.
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