At 11:59 pm Wednesday, the current baseball collective agreement expires. Owners should fire players. As soon as this happens, the operation of the hot stove will stop. Even instant blocking – So much – Even if some days are busy, especially at the free agency. Currently 22 of the top 50 free agents have registered, Including five of the top eight.
With that in mind, we’re going to announce some winners and losers for the free agent rush ahead of the block, right?
Winners
The Encountered. Steve Cohen’s crew flipped through the entire story of their season in around 72 hours. Conversation over the past few weeks has centered around the inability to get qualified candidates to interview the leader for their operational mission in baseball. Now everyone is talking about an excellent free agent disposal Mark Kanha, Eduardo Escobar, E Star Mars Hierarchically and in pairs Jacob Digrom With Max Scherzer. The Mets aren’t finished (they still need fullben help and a post-final depth starter), however they have been clear winners in the last few days.
Max Scherzer. Three years and $ 130 million. This is also the deal. At $ 43.3 million, Scherzer destroyed it That’s Gerid Cole Keep in mind that $ 36 million has an average annual value record (among all players, not pitchers) and Scherzer is a prominent team member in the MLB Players Association. He’s moved the payroll for everyone. This is a victory for the union and certainly a credit for Shares. Sign a $ 130 million payment agreement over three years and you’re the winner.
The Ranger. Are they good enough to do post-season 2022? Maybe that pitch wasn’t with the staff, but Rangers stepped in … Massive Steps – to improve. They have modified their central part spring of Marcus e Cory Seeker, And added the talented ones John Gray Rotate. Texas has a recent record of helping skilled pitchers equalize (Kyle Gibson, Lance Lynn, Mike Miner, Etc.) and I’m curious to see what they do with Gray. When you’re not ready to compete, why join Semien and Seager now? Because they won’t be available next year, here’s why. Rangers have lost 102 games in 2021 and haven’t played in a season since 2016. Time to stop throwing tantrums and start making those moves last weekend.
Robbie Ray: A year ago, Ray led the Baseball Walk (45 of 51 2/3 innings!) And had an era of 6.62, and had to sign an 8 million dollar “try yourself” contract for a year. . Prove what he did. Ray won the AL Cy Young Award this season, took home three different baseball fields and beat in a division with three other 90 winning teams and won a nearly five-year $ 115 million contract. Marines. Shout out to Semian here too. Like Ray, he also signed a one-year “test yourself” contract. Blue jays, He had a monstrous season and was monetized with a big deal. If these two don’t win, I don’t know who.
fan. Speaking of fans, the last few days have been a very exciting and exciting free agent period. Each hour was a significant signing and the teams (like Mariners, Mets, Rangers, etc.) who missed the post-2021 season spent the most. It is not uncommon for skeptics to buy all the protagonists. This allows teams to cross the hump and be more competitive. I think the deadline for signing the annual free agent would be a bad idea overall, but the artificial deadline set by the immediate expiration of the collective agreement was a few days of fun in the hot oven rounds.
losers
The Tricks. Monday was the worst day for the Dodgers. Signed with Caesar Rangers, signed with Scherzer Mets, And oh, Max Munsey revealed that his elbow ligament was torn, which didn’t heal as quickly as he expected.. Three times the bad news. The good news is that the Dodgers are still very good and have plenty of time to improve their roster before spring training. The bad news is that they have lost their best hitter and pitcher, and one of the remaining hitters has a questionable elbow. Some tough days for Los Angeles, of course.
The Yankees. Is anyone in the Bronx awake? With all due respect Absolutely bitter Jolie Rodriguez, The Yankees have not been added to their roster this season. They don’t have shortstop, they don’t have 2 starters and they have questions in the catcher and center court. However, not only did the Yankees sit on the sidelines and watch most of the top free agents come off the scoreboard, they also saw rival Crosstown Mets make the most headlines. A phone call and Carlos Korea A Yankee and their season are starting to look really good, but for now, whoop. The New York season was one of indifference, and it is the limit of indifference.
Other teams sitting outside. I see you Astros, giants, red stockings, E white socks. These teams are all rivals, but all they do is make small additions (signed by Houston Hector Neris, the Giants added Alex Cobb. Other clubs deserve to be invited here (what do you do, Pillis?), But competing teams must be conducted to a high standard. Ideally, those clubs have kept their current status. In some cases they have seriously worsened.
