Now that Jason Heyward has selected a place to call home, it's time for more hitter dominoes, especially first basemen and outfielders, to fall. Free-agent hitters (and trade options) have been waiting patiently for one of the big "fishes" on the MLB free-agent market to decide on a destination and determine what the financial market would look like, and now we have a bit more clarity on that.
Just after free agency began, I projected Heyward to receive $23 million per year for nine years, and he got $23 million per year for 8 years. This means two things: 1) It appears there's still plenty of money left to go around after all the big-money starting-pitcher signings, and 2) The market doesn't seem to have changed much since we first posted my "Pricing, best fits for the top 50 free agents" column on Nov.