MLB Free Agency: Biggest Bargains Left on the Market

1B/OF Brandon Moss

A major storyline developing in MLB over the offseason is the lack of movement in the power hitter department. Premier sluggers like Edwin Encarnacion, Mark Trumbo, Mike Napoli and even to a lesser extent, Chris Carter, have had trouble finding front offices to meet their price tags over the past couple two months.

Brandon Moss fits well into this group. He can be overshadowed by all-stars like Encarnacion and Trumbo, but Moss should come at a great value for a team looking to add home runs to their lineups for 2017, especially with the way the market is shaping up so far.

Having turned 33 in September, Moss still has a couple of solid years left as a MLB ballplayer. Since 2012, the veteran hitter has only had one year in which he finished with less than 20 home runs in a single season (19 in 2015). He hit 28 in the 128 games that he appeared in during the 2016 regular season. This shows that even as Moss gets older, he still is a pretty safe bet to continue putting up good power numbers, which is a value separate from just pure power potential.

However, like most long ball hitters, Moss falls into the trap of having a high strikeout rate, averaging over one K per game last year, and a low batting average. But with the expected money that a team is looking to invest in him, a club should be able to swallow some of his downfalls.

In a market that is saturated with corner infield sluggers, Moss is being a little bit overlooked. That should bode well for clubs that snatch him up after some of the upper-tier MLB free agents fall.