MLB Free Agency: Five pending free agents whose stock is down
By Jason Evans
As players look to improve their stock in MLB Free Agency, whose free agent stock has taken a hit so far this season?
Sure it’s early in the 2017 MLB season. Players are still trying to find their way. Heck, the New York Mets haven’t played a single game outside their division yet. You can’t win a pennant in April and May, but you can certainly lose one. The same holds true in terms of free agency.
Players can make money based off of how they perform in October and how they start their season can certainly impact their pending free agency as well. A player’s rough start can cause them to basically have an uphill battle all season long in order to get back to where their numbers have been in the past. It can cost them millions of dollars.
Some players do better in contract years than others. There isn’t a real science to it.
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Teams are smarter now and are better at not spending money on bad contracts. Look how long it took after last season for guys like Chris Carter and Mark Trumbo to find homes. It happens every year.
There are still time for these five players to right the ship and get back on track and save their seasons and their bank accounts, but right now, if these five were stocks you’d have to sell.
So who are five players who’s stock is trending downward? Let’s take a look and see.
All stats are going into play on 5/5/17.