Given the (extreme lack of) corner infield options beyond Kendrys Morales, it’s a wonder teams haven’t begged the Mariners to take the draft pick compensation off their hands.
State of play: Free agent outfielders
USA TODAY SportsChoo is the only player left on the market who might reasonably command over $100 million, and it’s possible that he has a few offers of that value in hand. It was reported on the Monday of the winter meetings that his contract negotiations were reaching a “critical stage,” but nothing has happened in the week since.
The big change in Cruz’s asking price, then, has come not in average annual value, but in length. For instance, the Rangers are reportedly interested in bringing the right fielder back to Arlington on a two-year deal, but Cruz is holding out for three, so it seems he’s knocked two seasons off his demands.
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