In one of the quietest free agent markets we’ve ever witnessed in any of the major sports, there have been several serviceable veterans whose names have barely been mentioned at all. One of those players is Melky Cabrera, a 33 year old, switch-hitting outfielder who had a pretty solid season in 2017. Sure, he has some knocks against him, but he still produced a .285/.324/.423 slash line with 17 home runs and 85 RBI for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals last year, so he’s no slouch.
His name finally popped up on the rumour mill on Saturday, at least according to a tweet from Jon Heyman of FanRagSports.