Baseball’s Economic System Now Favors the Owners

If you think this winter has been a cold one, it’s been even colder for a majority of MLB free agents. When the first training camps opened on February 13, more than 80 players, including five of the consensus top 10 free agents, remained unsigned, many of them wondering if they’ll have a job this season.   Whether owners have shied away from the free agent market or players have priced themselves out of work depends on whom you ask. A number of unscientific theories have been advanced