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Who's signed to baseball's worst contracts?

If you're one of the remaining fans wondering why analytics-friendly teams -- now nearly every team in baseball -- are stingy in the free-agent market, this is the list for you. Drop an easy popup? Leave a hanging curve in the strike zone? When players make these mistakes, they have to forget them and move on to the next inning or game. For front offices, their errors can haunt a franchise for a generation, ranging from embarrassment to crippling, depending on the other particulars of the franchise.

I'm running down the worst contracts in baseball for a sixth year running.