MLB free agency continues its slow pace, which means there are several bargains to be had on the free agent market.
A lot of teams are starting to figure out how MLB free agency now works, and sometimes its best for small market teams to be patient.
And its not just the small market teams, but even contenders can find great deals late in the offseason.
We know that a lot of MLB free agency this offseason has been held up by Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, but I really think at this point we know the teams who are in on them.
The teams who aren’t in on those two should already be searching for those bargains.
And when you think of a bargain player in baseball, it doesn’t mean signing a guy for a couple million, even some players who were considered top free agents could become bargains as the offseason goes on.
Whether teams don’t view a player to be as valuable as the player thinks he is, or the market for a particular position just doesn’t materialize, there are always going to be players in MLB free agency who get less than they anticipated.
And it’s not always just about the dollars either, it can the length of the deal. We’ve seen a lot of players take one-year deals with a high AAV when their market kind of collapsed. To me, that could be considered a bargain for a team as well.
There are a lot of free agents still available who fit that criteria.