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Feeding frenzy 1 212/18/2022 Perhaps they would wait to see what new advantages it might offer before inking long-term deals that will stretch the length of that deal or longer. Plus, it seemed reasonable that players might expect the new CBA to be better for their interests. In recent seasons, teams have habitually waited out free agents - players signing closer to the season have tended to make less, both in general and relative to expectations. Going into the offseason, that interruption seemed like it might just lead to a compressed scramble after the new CBA is finalized. 2) The offseason will be interrupted, likely significantly, and there will be a scramble once a deal is reached to sign with teams or, conversely, find players to fill roster holes. The near-inevitability of a lockout means a couple things: 1) Players and owners do not see eye-to-eye on the economics of the sport right now, and whether the lockout stretches a few relatively harmless weeks or becomes a season-delaying calamity, some fundamental things about how business gets done will likely be changed. And despite the ominous overtones of a work stoppage, MLB’s uncertain labor situation essentially provided a type of push that most winters lack. One thing we intuitively know is that baseball teams love a deadline. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Why did so many star free agents sign now? Max Scherzer's move to the Mets was one highlight of an electric day on MLB's hot stove. That means three of FanGraphs’ top four free agents, and five of the top 15, moved in one 24-hour period. Jon Gray got $56 million from the Rangers (Texas is very busy), Avisail Garcia got $53 million from the Miami Marlins, and a half dozen pitchers who might wind up deciding a pennant or two chose new homes. Ray’s former rising young team, the Toronto Blue Jays, signed Kevin Gausman to a five-year, $110 million deal to bolster their starting rotation in a brutal AL East race. Recently crowned AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray joined forces with the Seattle Mariners on a five-year, $115 deal that positions him as the veteran ace of a rising young team. Max Scherzer agreed to join the New York Mets - Max Scherzer! The Mets!! - on a three-year, $130 million contract that obliterates the sport’s average annual salary record. Over the 23 hours and 40 minutes that elapsed between Semien reaching a deal with the Rangers and the news that he’d be joined by fellow top-tier middle infielder Corey Seager on a 10-year, $325 million deal, the following things also happened: How much of the MLB offseason happened in one day? Unannounced, unplanned and seemingly by complete accident, MLB achieved a delirious burst of transaction drama typically reserved for when the NBA opens its free agency floodgates.
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