There was a time, not along ago, when MLB teams actually signed free agents.
It may sound like a peculiar concept in the midst of one of the slowest offseasons in history, but just last winter teams clamored to throw money at Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg.
There is some hope that next offseason will help revive the dying market, with a stacked free-agent class that could include Francisco Lindor, Clayton Kershaw, Freddie Freeman, Noah Syndergaard, Corey Seager, Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Michael Conforto, Javier Baez, Salvador Perez, Starling Marte, Jorge Soler, Dylan Bundy and Nolan Arenado.