We took last week off for Christmas and ... not much has changed. Eric Hosmer, Lorenzo Cain, and Mike Moustakas are still free agents, as are many other notable major leaguers. What gives?

We discussed the factors in play and speculated about how this weird market might work out once things (if things) start moving.

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