OK, the bargain basement period of free agency has just begun!
Looking over the signings of today we have:
Nick Markakis $4 million for one year plus a $500,000 buyout
Asdrubal Cabrera $3.5 million
These are not expensive prices. Add Oliver Perez at $1.5 million and you get three pieces to the puzzle at $9.5 million, or roughly what you would have gotten Cody Allen for. Not that these guys are great but they are better than Jordan Luplow/Tyler Naquin, nobody (as a lefty reliever) and Max Moroff (utility infielder). We are not talking an AJ Pollock upgrade but at least this team would be better.
Of course, I am still holding out for Manny Machado and Bryce Harper to be signed by the Indians.
It makes perfect sense, The luxury tax level is $206 million and even with Harper and Machado it is likely to cost them roughly $60 million a year that still puts us at $175 million whereas it would have been close or over that number if we hadn't shed salary. I really wish I had won the MegaMillions last month so I could have invested that money in salaries for these guys.
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