All the finalists have also been rumored to be longshots . Maybe there's only 1 team interested and the agent is trying to get them to bid against themselves.
Breaking Imanaga signs with team:
Giants "Well we don't really want him"
Mets "No thanks, we just signed Manaea"
Angels "We don't really want him either"
Cubs "We'll take him if he's cheap and nobody else wants him"
Dodgers "Screw all you guys here's $150M deferred til 2030"
This sounds believable. The Athletic article from the other day made it sound like the Angels were the only team that was willing to spend money on him and all the other teams were lukewarm about it.
If you're gonna sign a shitbag pos human you might as well go in the deep end of the pool and sign Bauer instead of Clevinger. Just to clarify I am not in favor of going the route.
Instead of going after players the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Giants, and Phillies are after we are swimming in the shallow end with teams like the horsefeathers Reds.