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With MLB back in business, the free-agent frenzy is about to begin

Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros hits a home run in the fourth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Minute Maid Park on Sunday, June 20, 2021 in Houston, Texas.

MESA, Ariz. — The flame under baseball's hot stove, extinguished by an owner-imposed lockout of players on Dec. 2, could roar back to life like a bonfire in the wake of a new collective bargaining agreement between the sides.

The only question is whether this March Madness will rival the fever pitch of last Nov. 28-Dec. 1, when 11 players — led by Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Javier

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