Bryce Harper, Manny Machado set for spotlight as Winter Meetings hit Las Vegas
by Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times
Dec 10, 2018
3 minutes
LAS VEGAS - In the months after the 2015 season, Major League Baseball teams doled out nine-figure free-agent contracts as if they were bats and balls, essential items needed to field a team, rather than time bombs that ticked closer to detonation with each passing day.
The deals only look astounding in retrospect. At the time, they seemed reasonable. Arizona lured Los Angeles Dodgers ace Zack Greinke with a $206.5 million package. Boston topped that by investing $217 million in pitcher David Price. The Chicago Cubs landed outfielder Jason Hayward for
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