They waited out the big guns and didn’t commit to signing until Ohtani and Yamamoto came off the board. Snell -and his agent Scott Boras- are playing the long game with free agency, and are likely going to win. Here’s a look at the Top 5 free agent starting pitchers available now that the Yamamoto sweepstakes have concluded:īlake Snell, come on down! You’re now playing the MLB free agent sweepstakes! It’s not too often that the two-time, reigning Cy Young Award winner is the afterthought of the free agency market, but here we are. There’s also a handful of crafty veterans and another Japanese import that will become high priority during the rest of MLB free agency.
Headlining the next set of free agent starting hurlers is two-time and reigning Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell.
All eyes will now turn to a handful of starting pitchers that were waiting -rightfully so- for the free agency market to set itself after the Ohtani and Yamamoto signings. Ah, baseball can begin a proper MLB Hot Stove season now that the Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes have come to a conclusion.
