Pitchers and catchers report to camp five weeks from today, and yet it seems like half of baseball has treated free agency as if it's optional to building a successful team. Seven Major League Baseball teams have not signed a single big league free agent this winter. Eight teams have signed one. The New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees have spent $1.45 billion in free agency this winter -- more than the other 27 teams combined.
Because the top of the market has been so robust -- of the $2.