ZiPS’ playoff and World Series odds came out, and they love the Braves as much as they can as a projection system. Meanwhile, we are entering pitcher/catcher reporting week, and Scott Boras’ top free agent clients remain unsigned. Boras has been known to take his time with free agents in the past, but it is striking that pitchers and catchers report this week, yet a handful of his top clients remain without a team. In 2019, Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel waited until midseason, when signing them would no longer cost a team draft compensation as a result of the qualifying offer to sign. However, neither of those come anywhere close to the projected deals for the likes of Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery, Matt Chapman, and Cody Bellinger are projected to receive, so I wouldn’t expect to see a similar delay until midseason. With that being said, we are getting to the point where this is a pretty striking trend.
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