<div style="float: right; margin: 15px 0 20px 20px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a href="http://static6.businessinsider.com/category/chart-of-the-day"> <img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/2237544b39b8324a71969a00/button-more-charts.gif" border="0" alt="button more charts" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/lebron-james-reaches-20000-points-sports-chart-of-the-day-2013-1"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/2237544b42b8324a7a969a00/button-chart-prev.gif" border="0" alt="button chart prev" /></a></td><td><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/no-state-produces-more-nfl-quarterbacks-than-texas-sports-chart-of-the-day-2013-1"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/2237544b4db8324a85969a00/button-chart-next.gif" border="0" alt="button chart next" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p>We are about a month from the start of spring training and free agency is starting to wrap up. So far, teams have handed out 189 years worth of contracts with a total value of $1.54 billion. The average contract is 1.7 years and worth $13.7 million ($8.1 million per year).</p>
<p>The Dodgers have spent the most this off-season, thanks in large part to the 6-year, $147 million contract they gave Zack Greinke. That was more than the bottom 13 teams combined (<a href="http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/"><em>data via MLBTradeRumors.com</em></a>)...</p>
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Baseball Teams Have Spent More Than $1.5 Billion On Free Agents

We are about a month from the start of spring training and free agency is starting to wrap up. So far, teams have handed out 189 years worth of contracts with a total value of $1.54 billion. The average contract is 1.7 years and worth $13.7 million ($8.1 million per year). The Dodgers have spent the most this off-season, thanks in large part to the 6-year, $147 million contract they gave Zack Greinke. That was more than the bottom 13 teams combined (data via MLBTradeRumors.com)...

We are about a month from the start of spring training and free agency is starting to wrap up. So far, teams have handed out 189 years worth of contracts with a total value of $1.

Baseball Teams Have Spent More Than $1.5 Billion On Free Agents

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