Sentences with phrase «pending free agent»

It would create more deadline tourists, teams that could afford to swing in and ditch a couple of pending free agents before spending wildly in the offseason.

It will also be interesting to see which way they go with their other pending free agents.

Following Wednesday's game, president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said it was time for a «reboot,» making pending free agents Price and Yoenis Cespedes available.

And the Rockies could trade Charlie Blackmon, or even better, pending free agent Carlos Gonzalez.

Cashner pitching up to his potential might be a nine - figure contract waiting to happen, and that makes him one of the most fascinating pending free agents in baseball.

The Rams won't be as pressed for cap space as other teams on this list thanks to an estimated $ 41 million to spend this offseason, but decisions will have to be made on pending free agents like Trumaine Johnson, Sammy Watkins, Dominique Easley, and Lamarcus Joyner.

Everyone agrees, mostly, that there shouldn't be a televised auction on September 30, with all the eliminated teams offering their best pending free agents to the highest bidder, drastically altering the postseason, right?

Fans of confirmation bias know that pending free agents always have huge years because their pupils morph cartoonishly into a $ shape, which refracts light better and makes it easier to see 60 feet, 6 inches away.

This was a very deft balancing of rebuilding and reloading, considering a) there just weren't a lot of majors - ready prospects available and b) they had only a couple of pending free agents with which to work.

Agents of pending free agents typically sit down for contract talks with team reps at the NFL Scouting Combine, which is going on this week.

But of all the pending free agent pitchers, Wilson is one of the few with the ability to have a truly outstanding season.

They have one starter with an adjusted ERA better than the league average, and he's a pending free agent.

But the Yankees also have an expensive veteran who probably won't move because of his contract (CC Sabathia), and they also have Ivan Nova, who is somehow already a pending free agent, but isn't pitching well enough to inspire other teams to blow the Yankees away.

They have one regular with an adjusted OPS better than the league average, and he's a pending free agent.

You're believing in the haul that the Reds can get from their pending free agents, Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake, can include a future star and several future contributors.

Consider that the Marlins actually gave away real prospects to get Cashner, who is both a) bad and b) a pending free agent, and they also got real prospects for James Shields, who looked like he was going to be an albatross for years.

Both Desmond and Fister were among the Nationals» most valuable players last year, and they were pending free agents this year.

They can get plenty for their pending free agent and what's left of Beltre, and that could help them contend next year.

They were never in full - rebuild mode, and they didn't really have the pending free agents to get there.

They might deal one of the pending free agents, Zimmermann or Fister.

Yu Darvish is excellent, a pending free agent, and currently employed by an under -.500 team.

Okay, fine, turn to the pending free agents, the ones that teams need to ditch if they want something more than a compensatory pick in return.

Like fine wine, though, the pending free agent's gotten better with time.

It wasn't a situation like the Padres, who had a pending free agent and a closer, but held on to them both (see below).

Still, the wild card isn't out of the question, and even though they made a big push for a pending free agent (Mat Latos) and the already arbitration - eligible Gordon, they're still set up well for the future.

It would have been a lot cooler to get the majors - ready pitchers the Tigers ended up stockpiling, but they did more than OK, especially considering that they dealt two pending free agents.

That's not as much of a motivator to hold on to a pending free agent as it once was, when someone like Darvish guaranteed a first - round pick as compensation.

With the Yankees seemingly disinterested, the Indians a destination Darvish can reject, and the Dodgers unwilling to give up their very best prospects for Darvish, you'd think that would mean the Rangers are unlikely to deal the pending free agent.

Reddick is one of a few outfielders the Cubs could trade for — Jay Bruce and Carlos Gonzalez are also on the market — but as a pending free agent, he might be the least expensive to acquire.

Instant Analysis: Paul Stastny is a major add for the Jets playoff push - Arctic Ice Hockey The pending free agent is an ideal playoff rental says AIH.

First off, trading a pending free agent position player for a pending free agent starting pitcher (Niese technically has two more years of control but I highly doubt the Pirates will exercise his 2017 option) isn't something Neal Huntington has done often; it's not like this is some characteristic, core belief of Huntington's GMing philosophy which has now backfired.

Teams had two weeks to place the franchise tag on one pending free agent, and five used it.

Joining Cann as a pending free agent you have two other offensive lineman in Tyler Shatley and Josh Wells who have gotten a lot of playtime recently.