The free-agent market is moving so slowly, one talent evaluator said this week, that January is about to become the new December. Teams once pushed to get their winter work done by the holidays, but now advanced analytics seems to have nudged a number of clubs into following the same strategy used often by the Baltimore Orioles in recent offseasons -- just wait.
Wait ... for the high volume of free agents and supply/demand to manifest, and for some players to get left behind (and increasingly desperate).
Wait ... for the prices to drop, as some veterans explain to anxious family members over turkey and eggnog why they haven’t signed a 2018 contract.