Above all, I write this with caution. The thing is, with baseball in the wintertime, teams have to make important decisions. It is astonishing how many free agents are still out there, having not been signed by any particular team.

The Houston Astros once had guys like Dallas Keuchel and Marwin Gonzalez. You've seen what they've done the last few years and both solidly contributed to the Astros' only world championship a year and a half ago. Neither of them have...