ストーブリーグ

noun

hot stove league; off-season player trading

Baseball term referring to the off-season period when teams trade players, named after the image of fans discussing trades around a hot stove.

• ストーブリーグでは、各かく球きゅう団だんが積せっ極きょく的てきにトレードを行おこなう。

  During the hot stove league, each team actively makes trades.

• 今年ことしのストーブリーグは大おお型がた移い籍せきが相あい次ついだ。

  This year's hot stove league saw a series of major transfers.