Attention, holiday shoppers: If you’re a general manager of a Major League Baseball team, there may not be much available in position players anymore, but they’re not quite sold out just yet, and there still are pitchers galore ready to be plucked from the shelves in time for the new year.
As the calendar gets ready to flip, here’s a rundown of the top names who remain up for grabs as either free-agent factors or trade targets.
The problem for many of the former is that a bunch are second- or third-tier talents who are tethered to draft-pick compensation, which severely limits their market.
And of course, the holdup on the pitching side can be traced to the fact that the baseball world is waiting on a final decision about the potential posting of a certain Japanese right-hander.
The expectation, it seems, is that one of these last big chips is about all that needs to fall for the others to follow suit. Much like that big ball that drops at midnight next week.
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