It’s free agency — the money is flying around and everyone wants to land that big player who could help their team get over the hump next year.
It’s all so great in theory.
But these 13 players are testaments to that theory backfiring in a big way.
These are the cautionary tales of free agency — the 13 worst open-market signings in the history of baseball:
13. Denny Neagle, Colorado Rockies
2000 – 5 years, $51 million
The off-the-field stuff (arrested for patronizing a prostitute and a DUI) was as bad as the on-the-field performance, which is to say it was atrocious.