JUPITER, Fla. • Spring training games begin this weekend. Yet a team of the remaining free agents out there could make up a competitive ball club.
Consider a squad that included pitcher Dallas Keuchel, closer Craig Kimbrel, outfielders Bryce Harper and Adam Jones and infielders Josh Harrison and Marwin Gonzalez? Those six players and more remain unsigned.
“It used to be a couple guys maybe played the long game — now it seems like a lot of guys have no choice,” said Cardinals relief pitcher Andrew Miller, who signed a two-year, $25-million contract in December.