The Arizona Diamondbacks caught he baseball world off-guard by re-signing Eduardo Escobar, not just because of the timing (the day before the start of the World Series), but because of the parties involved and the terms of the deal.
Had we the opportunity to guess the player most likely to re-up little more than a week before hitting the open market, speculation would have focused on players with longer tenures or teams with more glaring positional needs – maybe Adrian Beltre of the Rangers, Michael Brantley of the Indians or CC Sabathia of the Yankees.