CLEVELAND, Ohio — While Pete Alonso’s reported massive five-year, $155 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles signifies movement at the top of baseball’s free agent market, it also highlights a persistent problem with MLB’s offseason: the painfully slow pace of player movement compared to other major sports.

On the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast, hosts Joe Noga and Paul Hoynes dive into this frustration, questioning whether baseball needs a more structured approach to free agency similar to the NFL and NBA models.

“Does Major League Baseball need a signing window? Do they need a free agency period to when it starts and when you can stop and to just sort of force the action?” Noga asked on the podcast, proposing a solution that would concentrate activity and heighten fan engageme

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