Though
major free agent signings and news has slowed down in recent weeks, plenty of impact players are still available.
Kevin Durant wasn't the only
major free agent signing, with several prominent players signing massive deals with a new team.
-- While none of
the major free agents signed in the NBA, there was a flurry of moves across the NHL including:
Not exact matches
A number of
major restricted
free agents remain unsigned including Eric Bledsoe and Greg Monroe — not to mention Chandler Parsons and Gordon Heyward who have
signed offer sheets from the Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets, respectively.
(Talley, who
signed a two - year, $ 2 million
free -
agent contract in» 95, was a
major bust and was dumped in February.)
Goran Dragic: Dragic will be a
free -
agent after the season and wants to
sign in a
major - market city.
Almost everything going down in the
free agent and trade markets to this point has been in service of setting up a team for acquiring Ohtani, and we're not going to see any
major hitters
sign until after the Stanton dust has settled.
With the
signings of
free -
agent pitchers Greg Swindell and Doug Drabek, the Astros are the most - improved team in the
major leagues.
We don't know if the owners of
Major League Baseball are colluding to lower the price of
free agents by waiting players out until they're desperate enough to
sign for less than they want or are worth.
Of course, like with Bryce Harper or any other
major free agent at this point,
signing Machado long - term doesn't mean a team would get to keep him long - term.
Once a Cuban player is declared a
free agent, it's customary for
Major League Baseball to allow a 30 - day period for clubs to evaluate the player before he is officially eligible to
sign.
The
major departures for Toronto FC this offseason were Steven Beitashour (right back),
signing with LA FC as a
free agent, Armando Cooper (center midfielder) and Jason Hernandez (center defender), having their options declined, and lastly, Raheem Edwards, being drafted by LAFC in the 2018 Expansion Draft, to only be traded to Toronto FC's 401 Derby rivals, Montréal Impact.