Bryce Harper is officially off the market. The former MVP will become a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. USA TODAY
Our long national nightmare is over, and Bryce Harper is finally a Philadelphia Phillie. Manny Machado is a San Diego Padre. Josh Harrison is a Detroit Tiger. And Matt Wieters is a ... St. Louis Cardinals minor-leaguer? (Some deals are bigger than others, we guess.)
Anyway, baseball's free-agent market finally began a full-fledged thaw, nearly a week after spring training games began in Florida and Arizona. But, just like the state of Michigan, it's not fully defrosted.