So far this offseason, Melky Cabrera, Miacer Iztures, and Bartolo Colon have gotten contracts while Anibal Sanchez, Kyle Lohse, Zach Greinke, and Josh Hamilton have not. I’m going to argue that this is a very good thing and indicative of some welcome sanity on the collective part of GMs. You see, Sanchez, Lohse, Greinke and Hamilton are considered the cream of the free agent crop and they each expect to sign massive deals at some point this winter. Thing is, none of them are really worth anything near what they’re asking and in most other winters, where the selection of free agents is better, they wouldn’t get so much money. Typically when this happens, the GMs bid themselves up and end up over paying for mediocre talent simply because its there. It’s nice to see that that’s not happening this year.
Let me explain, typically, the big dominoes in the free agent class don’t tend to fall until deeper into the offseason. Right now this winter is still on track in that respect. However, ...
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PLAYERS:
Melky Cabrera,
Bartolo Colon,
Anibal Sanchez,
Kyle Lohse,
Josh Hamilton,
Justin Verlander,
Felix Hernandez,
Roy Halladay,
BJ Upton
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays
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