As we all sit on the edge of our seats to see what the Minnesota Twins will do to upgrade their pitching staff, several dominoes in this year’s pitching market have begun to fall. Zack Wheeler was the first player to set the market for the second tier of pitchers last week, agreeing to a five-year, $118 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies which played a large part in setting the market.
That deal has helped accelerate teams’ plans in free agency and on Monday another piece fell into place as Stephen Strasburg re-signed with the Washington Nationals.