Sentences with phrase «team in free agency»

That's not all that surprising given that we addressed that as a team in free agency and that the relative quality of the prospects this year is not that high.

Qualifying offers have been around for half a decade now, so most fans are familiar with the general process — or at the very least have gotten used to the term being thrown around and know it has something or other to do with compensation for players leaving a team in free agency.

Those don't compare to rivalry boos or «you left our team in free agency badly» boos.

Miami has been one of the most active teams in free agency this offseason, locking up Mike Wallace, Dannell Ellerbe and Brandon Gibson in an effort to dethrone the New England Patriots as AFC East champions.

And if he leaves the organization wondering about 2018, they might not be one of the most aggressive teams in free agency, because while they can use money to fill in the gaps between three or four burgeoning young stars, it's hard to fill every last hole on the fly.

Kevin Durant was the only better player to switch teams in free agency a year ago.

Not exact matches

«The people in football don't know how good they have it,» says Minnesota Twin general manager Andy MacPhail, who knows something about coping with free agency; the Twins are the only team to win two World Series in the last 10 years.

You said «Spurs have 0.0 leverage in trade», and I pointed out that they actually have good leverage if a team wants him and is afraid to wait until free agency.

No team in the NHL entered free agency on Saturday with more cap space than New Jersey.

Yes, they spent a lot in free agency but the majority of their workhorses were drafted or have been on the team for a few years.

The Spurs have leverage with any team that wants him in trade, because it will be better to get him via trade than to wait for a crowded field in free agency.

The other two contracts averaging more than $ 12 million — Mike Glennon's contract with the Bears and Stephon Gilmore's with the Patriots — didn't land the Buccaneers or Bills early selections because both teams were relatively active in free agency.

As a protection for teams that are unable to keep talent because they're outbid in free agency, the NFL provides compensatory draft selections to clubs that suffered net losses.

Those players have 10 days (nine days as of 5 p.m. ET Tuesday afternoon) to accept or reject the qualifying offer, and we might not see a bunch of action on free agency until they make a decision: Maybe a few teams will rush in while the market is quiet hoping to fill holes before the market is fully set, but the MLB offseason is often about patience.

It's not surprising news, as the Bengals and Cardinals were teams hit hardest by free agency in 2017.

No team is immune to the threat of free agency, as Boston showed by dealing the expiring contract of cornerstone 6» 10» center Kendrick Perkins to the Thunder in a deadline shocker on Feb. 24.

Too early, and the team moves to Tampa when he leaves in free agency.

The New England Patriots allowed RB BenJarvus Green - Ellis to hit free agency and there were reportedly multiple teams interested in his services.

It looks like they're the only team that would have serious interest in him in the first week of free agency.

If he does end up being the top tackle off the board, I still wouldn't expect him to be taken all that early in the first round, even though free agency has shown us that a lot of teams are desperate for offensive line help.

Then teams have the right to match any contract they receive in free agency after their fourth year.

Ashes to ashes, free agency to free agency, and here we have the Reds, a team at a serious fork in the road.

If Pittsburgh sweeps those teams, it should be in position to host the AFC Championship Game for the third year in a row, despite having lost as many significant players (including 15 starters) as any team in the four - year history of unfettered free agency.

They've made good choices in free agency, but the team has so many holes the draft has no margin for error, they need to hit every pick through the 4th.

I'd say that the owner defaulting on payments and ensuing bankruptcy putting the team in control of the banks, whose goal was to minimize costs, not win on the ice, led to not being able to replace the aging core of the team via free agency, and the years of trading the first / picking late in the first / drafting players like Fistric with their first led to them not having a young core to turn to.

Free agency helped clarify what teams will be looking for in the draft.

Deron Williams has apparently narrowed his choices for potential free agency destinations down to his current team, the Brooklyn Nets, and the team that plays in his hometown, the Dallas Mavericks.

It'll take several excellent moves in the Draft and Free Agency to make the Wings really good in a hurry, but the league is designed to make bad teams decent, and there are a bunch of decent to pretty good prospects in the pipeline to try out, so I'm not too worried about the team getting worse or staying the same.

We need his salary to sign other players on the team and maybe to get 1 or 2 impact players in free agency and with Mahomes performing that good against Denver, i also think we can move into the future for the 2018 season.

Because not all teams used up their space in the 2016 offseason, several teams entered the free agency period July 1 with significant space at their disposal.

I mostly think so too, but here's a counterpoint: at that time, these earlier restructures may mean the difference between having cash to add a decent vet QB in free agency to an otherwise championship - worthy roster vs. choosing between Jones, Dobbs, and a late first round pick to pilot the team.

The All - Star forward has informed the Indiana Pacers he will leave the team when his unrestricted free agency arrives in the summer of 2018, and his current preference is to join a young, budding Los Angeles Lakers team, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski.

So if Crawford (and Maikel Franco) can join players like Odubel Herrera and Cesar Hernandez as players who will be around for the next good Phillies team, they might steal your favorite player in free agency.

A defense - heavy, shooting - poor team went out into free agency and signed Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade, two of the worst shooters at the guard positions in the entire league.

Everyone is randomly assigned a team and we go crazy with trades, then we draft, then we do free agency and you have to keep your salary cap stuff in order.

He has already informed them that he will not be re-signing with the team when he reaches free agency in 2018, which puts the Pacers in a terrible position.

Do you ever hear / see any other team, especially championship - caliber ones, talk about hoarding their compensatory picks and / or saving salary cap room for rookie pools and in - season injury windfalls as reasons to not be active in free agency?

Using the above logic (by the rules — to which the Braves have been subjected) in conjunction with teams» current available pool money would greatly influence what teams, which teams and the amount (s) they need to take into consideration to dish - out for this upcoming «free agency».

They also have addressed three holes in their 82 - loss team from last year: leftfield (Upton was acquired last August), second base (Ian Kinsler, via trade) and third base (Zack Cozart, via free agency).

Jan 04,2016... WHEN TORII HUNTERfiled for free agency in October, he had no idea which team would sign him.

But Phoenix only has less than 30 games to evaluate Payton before he hits restricted free agency, unless the team thinks it can convince him to sign the qualifying offer in a tight - market summer.

Every NFL team in the offseason mines free agency for complementary pieces.

Miami appears to be aiming toward a more star - level forward with eyes on Hayward and Griffin; that could lead another team to poaching Johnson early in free agency.

The Panthers are probably still a playoff - level team, but they have serious consistency issues, and lost one of the best guards in the NFL, Andrew Norwell, to the Jaguars in free agency.

I am of the mindset in building a team is that you don't load up on 1st round picks in one position group because of the picks pan out like you hope, you are saying good bye to them in free agency.

Drew Brees was never going anywhere else, and the Saints made some positive strides in free agency to strengthen the team for another run or two at the Super Bowl.

With baseball as the only game in town right now (we can only handle so much of NBA free agency and NFL training camps that seem like it's never coming), you need to rep your team with Fan Bands.

Steelers: In the playoffs more often than any other team in the NFL, often serious contenders for a title, haven't had a losing record since Bill Cower was here, value their own guys, don't overspend on FA's, play is cool and find value in free agencIn the playoffs more often than any other team in the NFL, often serious contenders for a title, haven't had a losing record since Bill Cower was here, value their own guys, don't overspend on FA's, play is cool and find value in free agencin the NFL, often serious contenders for a title, haven't had a losing record since Bill Cower was here, value their own guys, don't overspend on FA's, play is cool and find value in free agencin free agency.

They're facing a complicated decision with him — decline his cheap team option so that they are guaranteed to bring him back through restricted free agency, or keep him for pennies — just $ 1.6 million — another season only to risk him hitting unrestricted free agency in 2019.

Yes, it's unrealistic to think that a Lebron or Durant will be arriving in free agency anytime soon, but it's also unrealistic to think that throwing away the next two seasons will allow us to work our way toward the level of a team that might attract that kind of free agent.