Teams are always optimistic when they sign their free-agent target in early July. After all, if they weren’t, they wouldn’t sign the player. But history shows that many teams, if not most, regret the work they do in the first week of July, and it’...

Teams are always optimistic when they sign their free-agent target in early July. After all, if they weren’t, they wouldn’t sign the player. But history shows that many teams, if not most, regret the work they do in the first week of July, and it’s not uncommon for them to spend months, if not longer, […]