With Patrick Corbin and Nathan Eovaldi having signed with the Nationals and Red Sox, respectively, a strong case can be made J.A. Happ is the best free agent starter still on the market. It’s either Happ, Dallas Keuchel, or Charlie Morton. Morton was dogged by shoulder trouble late this year and Keuchel saw significant drops in his strikeout and ground ball rates in 2018. Maybe they’re better than Happ. He’s right there with them though.
Earlier today it was reported Happ and the Yankees agreed to a three-year contract, though that was incorrect — a rare Ken Rosenthal miss, that was — and Happ remains a free agent.