I’ve long been focusing a lot on the Astros’ need to add starting pitching this offseason. So far, that’s mostly consisted of looking at trade candidates, like Zack Greinke or a number of Indians starters, but there are also non-Dallas Keuchel options on the free agent market as well.
Yesterday, though, the biggest starter on the market made his decision. Patrick Corbin signed a six-year with the Nationals worth $140 million, knocking over the first free agent domino of the offseason. Following his breakout 2018 that saw him finish third in the NL in strikeouts and fifth in Cy Young balloting while picking up his second All-Star nomination, the 29-year-old Corbin’s leverage was at the highest it’s ever been.