I’m not optimistic they’ll sign either one either but wouldn’t a contract like that fit nicely with the Anthony/Mayer/Teel timeline? If all goes well we can realistically expect them to start contributing to the big league club next year. Fast forward 6-7 years when they’re up for extensions, the Snell/Montgomery contracts will be off the books.
I think it works in that perspective, but the theoretical Anthony/Mayer/Teel peak years won’t really align with the peak years of any of the remaining FA pitchers, most likely. Of course, that’s the way it is with FA pitchers. If you wait another year, it’s more of the same with next year’s class.
Starting pitcher: Gerrit Cole (opt-out), Justin Verlander (vesting option), Max Scherzer, Corbin Burnes, Zack Wheeler, Brandon Woodruff, Max Fried, Shane Bieber, Walker Buehler, Nathan Eovaldi (vesting option), Chris Sale (vesting option), Robbie Ray (opt-out), Alex Cobb, Kyle Hendricks, Charlie Morton, Freddy Peralta (club option), Merrill Kelly (club option), Michael Wacha (player option), Wade Miley (mutual option), Lance Lynn (club option), Kyle Gibson (club option), Luis Severino, Jack Flaherty, Yusei Kikuchi, Patrick Corbin, Anthony DeSclafani, Nick Pivetta, Domingo Germán, Marco Gonzales (club option), Andrew Heaney, Eric Lauer, John Means, José Quintana, Michael Soroka, Ross Stripling, Spencer Turnbull