A couple years ago on the MLB Network a group of ex-players were talking about where free agents might sign. They said to a man that nearly all players will sign where they get the most money. These were ex-players, not bloggers or scribs, but guys that had gone thru the process themselves. So when I see the "we can't give the money away" I think it's not because of the weather or the record or anything other than they didn't offer enough compared to the market.