How the National League won the Winter

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Throughout the long cold winter, we endured nearly daily discussion of how the slow free agent market would affect labor negotiations, a lot of discussion on the plight of the 30+ year old player, and detailed description of team’s competitive balance tax situation down to the decimal point. Basically, an offseason of this:

What received much less focus was the subtle shift in the balance of power that took place between the two leagues over the course of the off season action that actually did take place.