Sentences with phrase «on the free agent»

You want to make the playoffs, so rather than recruiting young talent to build a winning team for the long term, you blow the budget on free agents.

First, three of their best players — Justin Turner, Kenley Jansen, and Rich Hill — also happen to be three of the best players on the free agent market.

Except there are still plenty of outfielders on the free agent market, and the demand is low.

Jake Arrieta is one of the most significant players on the free agent list this winter, though, and he's going to be a 32 - year - old starter, one who reached 200 innings one time and has seen drastic dips in his performance since.

And though they saved bonus money to spend on free agents in 2000, it's likely that the best skill prospect next year might be mediocre Bear wideout Curtis Conway.

Some teams did the obvious, some had to make some difficult financial decisions that will create a major domino effect on the free agent market and some teams tried to get cute.

Max Scherzer is the best pitcher left on the free agent market, and depending on your view of Jon Lester, was the best available from the offseason's start.

«Who you guys see on the free agent market, who there is in the draft, and trade possibilities, and our guys who were on our roster last year — that's really the group we're picking from.»

Davis converted 32 of 33 save chances in 2017, and is one of — if not the most — desired closers on the free agent market.

Or that the Kansas City Royals would collapse after spending $ 19 million on free agents in the off - season?

The economy and the looming prospect of no salary cap will suppress spending on free agents below the marquee level

Philadelphia will not spend money on free agents — stars or complimentary pieces alike — until they've amassed enough impactful, young talent.

I agree with your point about not wasting money on a free agent with McKinnon's skill set.

If Laurent Robinson received a five - year contract worth over $ 30 million with only one good year to his name, it's likely that Welker would receive very rich offers on the free agent market — richer than the Patriots would offer.

There are also cheaper alternatives to Norwell (Jensen) on the free agent market.

They can feel comfortable going after veterans on the free agent market because this is suddenly a pitching rotation that won't take much to contend.

He's also clearly the top bat on the free agent market, and with the Yankees getting Giancarlo Stanton, the lack of dingers in Boston is even more obvious.

Notably, this trade gets Portland under the salary cap and opens up a $ 3.5 million traded player exception, which they could use on a free agent on the buyout market.

But is he worth $ 19 million — especially heading into an offseason where Jacksonville only has $ 16 million in cap space and big decisions to make on free agent wideouts Allen Robinson and Marqise Lee?

Now we have to be thinking about free agents, would not mind taking on a free agent Centerback to paired with one of our youngsters for cup games, but this should have been long sorted

As I noted before, the dollars handed out this weekend either on the free agent market through extensions just don't jive with the slow climb of the salary cap over the last few years.

The Hawks may also be without Al Horford next year, as he will be another impact player on the free agent market.

Crabtree isn't getting $ 7.5 M on the free agent market.

He thought he could get more on the free agent market.

Ward did a nice job filling in in the backup role, but I really don't see how we can spend any money on a free agent at RB going forward.

It's with all of the rich teams using their pre-arbitration and arb - eligible players as a way to save money, not as a way to justify extra big spending on free agent veterans.

Darvish is the free agent starter Houston has been mentioned alongside the most, and there are only so many «high - end» pitchers on the free agent market.

His performance on the Patriots» Super Bowl - winning team made him a commodity on the free agent market, and the Packers made a rare splash by signing him to a three - year, $ 21 million deal.

And the Lakers could use their space on another free agent besides George, although the 2018 free agency is rather bare beyond that.

According to reports, center Marcus Camby may have the Houston Rockets at the top of his list now that he is on the free agent market.

In other words, is Stephen so married to the rule of not spending big on free agents that he would not be flexible enough to break it on occassion?

Hasselbeck instantly becomes one of the best quarterbacks on the free agent market, and will likely garner plenty of interest around the league as a veteran backup.

Starting offensive tackles aren't always plentiful on the free agent market, but this season could be the exception as several starters are available.

Grimes is the dark horse of the cornerbacks on the free agent market.

I expect to see plenty of action on the free agents out there after the draft is over.

Luckily for those teams in need, there may be a few cornerbacks on the free agent market this offseason that could help out.

Butler made just south of $ 4 million this season after signing his tender, and will be a big name on the free agent market this offseason.

4) A second round pick of a center, when the Chargers just spent a fortune on a free agent center?

When there was a bounty of starters on the free agent market — Johnny Cueto, David Price, Zack Greinke, Jeff Samardzija — it looked like the Tigers nabbed the best mix of risk vs. reward, paying less for Zimmermann than the Giants paid for Cueto, which meant paying half the price of a... Price.

While Kaepernick has been on the free agent market, teams in need of quarterbacks have opted for someone, anyone other than Colin Kaepernick, including Mike Glennon, Josh McCown, and Jay Cutler, whom the Dolphins will pay $ 10 million to replace the injured Ryan Tannehill.

When the Marlins bought their way into contention before the 1997 season, spending a then - record $ 89 million on free agents, they weren't weird.

Alex Gordon wasn't the premier outfielder on the free agent market thanks to Jason Heyward, but he's still deserving of a significant contract.

The Marlins were still not far removed from spending buckets of money on free agents only to sell them all off a year later, so Stanton going out of his way to become a permanent fixture for an organization that couldn't be trusted just seemed unbelievable.

And yet, he's still sitting out there on the free agent market waiting for someone to care.

Nothing shameful about developing your own talent rather than chasing players past their prime or wanting more than they're worth on the free agent market.

This has led to the club looking to players on the free agent market.

Cortex Manager is more like a traditional sports game's Franchise Mode, featuring the ability to spend winnings on free agents and armor, simulate or play the games, tracking of other games around the league, salary cap, stats, injuries, college draft, end of season tournament, and even a Sports Book to place wagers on matches.

Not exact matches

In 2016 - 17 and 2017 - 18, when the salary cap will explode because of the league's new TV deal, Cousins will only be making around $ 16 million per year — well below what he'd make if he got a max contract on the open market as a free agent.

Explaining the industry and what's going on takes the form of several audiences; one being the overly - optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to get their company to a liquidity event, another being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final being ambitious MBA's switching careers and see venture capital as the preferred destination.

In the last 24 hours before the NBA's moratorium on signing free agents was lifted, the tide seemed to shift with an 11th hour play by the Clippers to get Jordan to change his mind.