MLBTR is projecting 2/36 and Belli made 17.5 last year so that sounds about right.
A lot of owners are cheap but collusion would mean all of the owners are colluding to not spend money. Maybe the Dodgers didn’t get the email.
Rhys Hoskins, Jordan Montgomery, and JD Martinez are unsigned Boras clients that don’t have a QO attached to them. Sure the QO impacts decisions but this is far from collusion. It’s Scott Boras asking for too much money.
I don't remember who the player was but I remember at one point there was a major trade the Cubs almost pulled off but the trade fell apart because the other team wanted Guzman.
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.