It has been dominated by the lack of offers for superstars Bryce Harper and Manny Machado.
But what is even more telling on how bad the market is for players is the other free agents who are not getting the attention; it is like a playoff roster waiting for an expansion team.
Yahoo sports broke down the unsigned talent:
Pos. Name fWAR
C Matt Wieters 1.3
C Martin Maldonado 1.0
1B Logan Morrison 0.8
2B Asdrubal Cabrera 2.0
3B Mike Moustakas 2.8
SS Manny Machado 5.0
LF Marwin Gonzalez 1.8
CF A.J. Pollock 3.1
RF Bryce Harper 4.9
IF Jose Iglesias 1.1
IF Josh Harrison 0.8
OF Adam Jones 0.8
OF Carlos Gonzalez 0.9
Total 26.3
At
26.3 fWAR, the Free Agent Team would have projected the ninth-most
offensive fWAR in the league. It’s a well-balanced team with solid power
and versatility that slots ahead of the Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and New York Mets. The pitchers on the market are well known names, but like most pitchers they are on the second half of their career. But there are a few All-Stars on that list.
| Pos. | Name | fWAR | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Dallas Keuchel | 3.3 | ||||||||
| SP | Brett Anderson | 1.3 | ||||||||
| SP | Wade Miley | 1.1 | ||||||||
| SP | Clay Buchholz | 1.0 | ||||||||
| SP | Gio Gonzalez | 0.8 | ||||||||
| CL | Craig Kimbrel | 2.1 | ||||||||
| RP | Cody Allen | 0.5 | ||||||||
| RP | Bud Norris | 0.3 | ||||||||
| RP | Ryan Madson | 0.1 | ||||||||
| RP | Brad Brach | 0.1 | ||||||||
| RP | Justin Wilson | 0.1 | ||||||||
| RP | Drew Pomeranz | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Total | 11.5 |
