What would Yankees’ broadcaster David Cone be worth as a free agent?

Photo by Al Bello/Getty ImagesLast week I dove into the value of YES broadcaster Ken Singleton as a modern-day free agent, in what now represents the first of a series where we explore just how much the market economy of baseball has changed. Today, we’re going to look at my favorite Yankees’ broadcaster, former right-handed pitcher David Cone.

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1981, Cone didn’t make his debut until 1986 and really didn’t show his stuff as a front-line pitcher until two years later, posting a stellar 145 ERA+ as a 25-year-old for the Mets. Under the modernCBA, he would have become a free agent after his age-29 season, 1992, split between the Mets and World Series Champion…