Pitchers Corbin Burnes (Diamondbacks), Blake Snell (Dodgers) and Max Fried (Yankees) -- who were all ranked in the top five of our top free agents lists -- also all signed before the new year.

A brilliant ballplayer-turned-actor, Mike Donlin did not play in MLB long enough to have his name among the legends, nor were his movie roles large enough to win him lasting acclaim from the film ...