The baseball world has been not-so-patiently waiting for the so-called Boras Four to sign contracts. After Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed their deals in December, it seemed everything else would fall into place around baseball. But the holidays came and went and the new year came and went and January came and went. Matt Chapman, Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery, and Cody Bellinger remained unsigned.
They made it to Spring Training without deals. Pitchers and catchers from all 30 teams reported, then position players did. The Boras Four stayed put.
The ice finally started to crack on Sunday when Bellinger — one of the more polarizing free agents in recent history — re-signed with the Chicago Cubs.