Major League Baseball Trade Rumors = one of the best news clearinghouse sites on the Net -- just posted predictions on where the top 50 free agents would land. For much of the article, it seems they had forgotten Atlanta was in the league and has money to spend.
It's hard getting past the top three predictions. Second was Rendon re-upping with Washington for seven years, $235 million, then followed that with Strasburg returning for six years, $180 million. That's not a long way from half-a-billion dollars spent on two players. With Scherzer still collecting what was the biggest salary in baseball, it's hard to image that they are dancing around a luxury tax.
But one by one, they shot down all of the dominant Braves hot stove rumors:
Wheeler to Phillies 5/$100 million
Donaldson to Rangers 3/$75 million
Bumgarner to Twins 4/$72 million
Grandal to Reds 4/$68 million
Keuchel to White Sox 3/$39 million
Teheran to Mariners 2/$18
Just when you'd think they were ignoring the Braves outright, they had them signing two free agents:
Cole Hamels, 2/$30 million
Mike Moustakis 2/$20 million
Cause for gloom, joy, euphoria? Or, ehh, okay?
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