Good morning, McCoven!
Apparently non-tendering your good arbitration players is the new market inefficiency?
There were 40 players eligible for arbitration who were non-tendered today. Last year, that number was 27. The year before, 19.
Teams are clearly being aggressive with tenders, recognizing that if there is better value on the open market, using the arb system is not necessary.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 3, 2019Tired: Paying free agent veterans across the board in an attempt to ignore the fact that players get screwed monetarily for the vast majority of their early careers and most will never reach the level of receiving a big free agency paycheck.