All across MLB, teams were busy exercising options, slapping qualifying offers on players and clearing 40 man roster spots in what is basically the pregame warm-up for the hot stove season. The Mariners did most of their warm-up a few days ago, but a new crop of free agents has hit the market and there are some interesting names now available.
Perhaps no name piqued my interest more than now-former Cleveland Indians pitcher, Danny Salazar. A 2016 All-Star selection, the right-handed pitcher who turns 30-years-old in January, was outrighted off Cleveland’s 40-man roster yesterday. He refused his assignment to AAA, becoming an unrestricted free agent this winter.