In terms of pure quantity of moves, Wednesday was actually a fairly busy day for this offseason. None of the free agent signings that we saw were particularly notable, or at least not among the top couple tiers of players available, but four players signed major-league deals. Among them, Anthony Desclafani got the most money. The former Red got a one-year deal worth $6 million from the Giants.
Desclafani represented one of the most intriguing “cheap” options on the market among starting pitchers. He has long been someone who has been seen has having significant upside, first really bursting onto the scene back in 2015, his first year with the Reds.