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The moves baseball's middle-class teams need to make to join the elite

Related Topics: Middle class, Baseball, Elite, Keith Law

With now less than a week until the start of spring training, baseball's free-agent market stands frozen at an unprecedented level. Just over half of this winter's free agents remain unemployed, including 11 of Keith Law's top-20-ranked free agents.

Though various underlying explanations combined to create this state, these players will inevitably sign with teams at some point. This means teams still have the opportunity to upgrade their rosters more than is usually possible in February.

The question becomes: Which teams have the most incentive to bring in the remaining free agents, especially the difference-makers?