Sunday, March 7, 2021

On the move!

 Jessica Fletcher - contributing reporter


Let's take a look at the original top 10 position players and top 10 pitchers, who has moved teams and who met or exceeded their original demands. 

Of the top 10, so far only the top 5 have signed. It will be interested to see where Lee Schlitter is when this contract expires at the age of 38. Luckily the New York owner has the foresight to front load the contract. Schlitter is also the only one to resign with their original team at this point, we'll see where the remaining 5 sign in the coming days. 
The young shortstop, Carmen Buller definitely pulled in a fine haul; signing the 5 years he wanted but nearly $30M more than his agent was asking for. If Carmen asks me, it's time for a new agent who values him a little more. 
Appears Chul Takada might be slowed by that Type A tag. Word has it, that he's dropped his demands down to 2/$4.7M. Surely he finds a home at that asking price. As have all the guys listed below him. Slow moving for position players at the moment. 
Pitchers appear to have some better luck or better agents with 9 of the top 10 players receiving contracts already. Every single one of them, outside of Wilfredo Correa, bested their original demands as well. Yovani Parraz was able to snag a $100M+ deal from Pittsburgh. Sherman Berkman's deal is no joke either, especially for a 35 year old. Even 37 year old Joe Holmes was able to snag another year and an additional $3M a year from his original demands out of the Dover Hazmats. OKC has to be feeling great about their two signings, bringing back Albert Robbins at his demand, and then stealing Eric Hampton from the defending World Champions, Helena Hot Dogs. allenharwell can't be to thrilled with that news! Your biggest move of the off-season, at least by distance has to be Yuudai Park going 2,900 miles from Scranton to Vancouver. 

All-in-all, it's been a busy free agent off-season and there are plenty of names still out there. Excited to see how the landscape changes before the season starts.