MLB Free Agency

Sifting through the 2015-2016 MLB free-agent market, there's just no one quite like Bartolo Colon.

Simply put, the right-hander is an ageless wonder.

Even with his 43rd birthday looming in May, Colon is still a viable free-agent option for a club that is aiming to round out its rotation. And, Colon isn't the only big league vet who proved in 2015 that his tank isn't empty just yet.

The Major League Baseball season is over, but hot-stove action is just heating up.

It's a time when bad teams look to get better, but even the World Series champion Kansas City Royals don't shut it down in the offseason.

While they are looking to make an already strong team stronger, they also are fending off teams that are seeking to add the services of free agents who played in Kansas City last year, such as Alex Gordon and Ben Zobrist.

It's only Week 1 of the 2015-2016 MLB offseason, but the trade market is already buzzing.

Per Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, the Los Angeles Angels have landed Andrelton Simmons from the Atlanta Braves, and there's plenty of speculation swirling around other prominent players.

The New York Mets are in an enviable position as the free-agent market opens because they may be the one team in baseball that really doesn't need David Price or Zack Greinke.

Too bad the market doesn't also offer them what they do need.

Starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo is coming off a strong 2015 season with the Texas Rangers, and he's generating plenty of interest on the open market as a result. 

Continue for updates. 

Diamondbacks Among Clubs Interested in Gallardo

Wednesday, Nov. 11

CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reported the news and mentioned Arizona is one of "many teams" eyeing up the free agent. 

Euphoria eventually wears off. It fades like a glorious fog that can be thick enough to mask a flawed landscape within.

That is not to say everything is bad once things clear up. Things might still be attractive to certain onlookers, just not as wonderful as the oasis that once existed.

When the Chicago Cubs hired Joe Maddon last winter, Theo Epstein called it a "unique opportunity" the team just couldn't pass up.

For guys like Doug Fister and Mike Napoli, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle in this offseason's MLB free-agent market, which is flat-out stacked.

From Zack Greinke to Yoenis Cespedes, the class is historically impressive, as one agent explained to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports:

“This [is] the deepest [free-agent] market in memory, especially in terms of pitching and power.”

It's awfully difficult to predict what will happen on the MLB free-agent market, but guys like Darren O'Day and Scott Kazmir should be some of the first impact players off the shelf.

In other sports, free agency is a sprint. Our Bleacher Report NBA colleagues were writing about the few remaining "hidden gems" by July 4—just three days after the market opened and before anyone could even officially sign.