MLB Roundup 1/14: Astros sign Pedro Báez

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images With spring training getting so close and MLB for now still telling teams things are going to start on time, you would have thought things would pick up in free agency, but at least over the last couple of days that hasn’t been the case. Instead, there were no signings on Tuesday and on Wednesday there was just one, with another reliever coming off the board. After Liam Hendriks signed with Chicago it seemed that market may pick up soon, and Houston got in on the action here. They signed former Dodger Pedro Báez to a two-year deal with a guarantee of $12.5 million plus a team option for a third year.

Up until this point, Báez had spent his entire career with…