Big names still available

We're less than a week away from spring training and there remains a whopping number of free agents.

Eighty-four to be exact and some of the names are stunning in stature.

Included among those still looking for work as the Grapefruit and Cactus leagues draw ever near are Barry Bonds, Bartolo Colon, Kenny Lofton and others.

It's strange in some ways the number is that grand. In others, it's not.

Several teams stood pat in this offseason and those who did not weren't forced to deal the number of players many expected them to in order to land marquee talents.