Supply and demand. If anyone wants to know the real problem with baseball right now, that’s pretty much it. The Atlanta Braves have been lurking all Winter in hopes of taking advantage of that situation.
We’ve seen it: it’s not just a couple of teams that are ‘rebuilding’… it’s several at once now. The number is now at double digits (plus or minus, depending on your definitions).
But when you have at least a third of your entire economy refusing to participate in the market, even good options – Kimbrel, Keuchel, Moustakas – can be left out.