MLB Free Agency: Top Five Players Left and Where They Will Sign

With MLB free agency starting to kick it into gear, we look at the top five names left on the board and who they will sign with.

While a lot of people grumble about the slow MLB free agency process, everyone who deserves a contract will get signed in the next couple of weeks leading up to Spring Training.

There isn’t any sort of collusion as some have suspected, rather teams are getting smarter about how to use their money, and really it’s to the benefit of the teams and their fans. Players may not like it, but as the way things work right now it doesn’t make a lot of sense to give a guy in his early 30s a long contract.

And if players want to complain about taking shorter deals and making tens of millions a year, good luck explaining that the fans. I know the counterpoint is that it’s not fair that the owners get to hold onto to the rest of the money, but that’s why they’re the owners.

I feel like I work just as hard as anyone at my job and wish my employers would give me more money than they make, but that’s why they’re the boss.

Anyway, no matter how much longer it takes, players are going to get their contracts and get their money.

At this point, there are really just five big free agents left on the market in my opinion, and some of the lesser free agents won’t go anywhere until these guys sing.