This off-season will be different than years past for several reasons, only some of which are by design.
The star-studded starting pitcher free agent class includes Jacob deGrom, Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw. Those three pitchers have combined for seven Cy Young awards, eight if Verlander claims the AL award this year.
None of them are the crown jewel of this year’s class. That would be Aaron Judge, who used his final year before hitting free agency to swat 62 home runs, an American League record. The slugger reportedly rejected a seven-year, $213.5 million contract extension from the New York Yankees in favor of testing the market. It might be the best decision in the history of free agency.
Of course, the answers to these questions have yet to be revealed, and that’s what makes them great. They haven’t existed long enough for front offices to reach a consensus. Players and their agents have complained for years that teams are essentially in lockstep with each other in how they value free agents, to the point where private accusations of collusion became commonplace. The new rules are a welcome monkey wrench in the system.
This isn’t a hypothetical question, and it didn’t crop up overnight. Take the Yankees. Their gradual decrease in spending relative to the league average, a source of ire for spoiled fans who are not content with a mere 30 consecutive winning seasons.
The expansion of the field from 10 teams to 12 exacerbated an existing problem. A 99-day lockout interrupted last winter, giving front offices little time to react once the new Collective Bargaining Agreement was in place. This is the first full off-season under the new playoff format, and I can think of one big way to Judge its effect on free agency.
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