Just think of him. One of the eight or nine best humans at what he does, just flicking lint from his belly and looking at his friends’ likes on Insta. There’s no reason Dallas Keuchel isn’t playing for real this spring — other than that 30 teams don’t quite think he’s worth how much he’ll improve their team.
It’s not just him, of course. And even those guys who do have contracts — Derek Dietrich and Jose Iglesias ought to be worth 1000 PAs in the pivot, not carrying water at the far end of a locker room.