The most important acquisition of the Phillies offseason may have already happened. The past few months have been a showcase for aspiring financial planners who know exactly where John Middleton should park his money. Invariably, this investment advice focuses on one of the most top-heavy crops of free agents in recent memory. At the moment, we seem to be in the midst of a bout of the sort of last-second contrarianism that tends to occur when people run out of things to speculate about. Bryce Harper isn't a winner. Manny Machado blows bubbles while running the bases.
At some point in the next three or four months, there will come a day or two when we realize just how nitty these pickings always were.