Last year’s free agency period saw almost $4 billion dollars in guaranteed contracts for baseball players. This included eight contracts of more than $150 million. I just wanted to review those big contracts and see how they looked after year one. I thought we had all learned that you don’t give long, expensive contracts to players in their 30s, but evidently not. Here are those eight contracts ranked from the one I would most like to be holding to the least.
7 years/$177 Million 2023 bWAR/fWAR: 4.8/4.9
One year in, Swanson looks like the smartest signing in my opinion.