This is a quicker-than-usual post just to spark discussion. Two of the last “bigger name” free agents came off the board Wednesday with Alex Bregman taking his trash can lid banging ways to Fenway Park and Nick Pivetta signing a 4-year deal to call San Diego home.
And with those deals trends continued in this “new era” of silly contracts. Once upon a time it was absurdly long deals that were all the rage, as if Albert Pujols was going to age well into his 40s. 5 years paying too much for past performance? Why not 8? Or 10?