NEW YORK _ The big free-agent freeze-out may not have sat well with major-league players, but so far the signees are not doing much to prove that teams were wrong for exercising caution during the offseason.
Of the top free agents, many of whom didn't sign until February and even March, only a few are making a splash _ J.D. Martinez with the Red Sox, Wade Davis with the Rockies, Jake Arrieta with the Phillies.
Meanwhile, many teams might be starting to regret talking themselves into spending _ even those that thought they were smart in waiting out the market for what seemed to be bargains.
Arrieta aside, the starting pitchers have been a disaster, from Yu Darvish to Jason Vargas to Alex Cobb to Lance Lynn.
On the other hand, thanks in part to the Marlins' fire sale, trades have produced better results so far for some teams, though the best deal of all was the Astros' steal of Gerrit Cole from the Pirates.
Of course, there does appear to be one bargain for the ages. Shohei Ohtani was limited to signing for only what teams had available in their international-free agent pool money, and so for a $2.3 million bonus from the Angels, Ohtani is living up to the hype as the Babe Ruth of Japan.
The irony is that, in the slowest-moving free-agent market ever, every team in baseball would have spent big on the 23-year old Ohtani. Except the rules didn't allow it.
And with that, here are the 10 Best and Worst offseason moves so far.
