If the Dodgers slide down the list, the New York Yankees, at +300 odds, have also been closely linked to Machado. After those three teams, a sharp dropoff. The odds of a Machado homecoming in Miami, where he grew up, to play for the Marlins is at +800. After that the Angels (+900), and Atlanta Braves and Nationals (both +1400) round out the most likely buyers.<\/p>\n
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Ironically, Philadelphia has the best odds to sign both players despite being\u00a0the only team among their likely landing spots whose 2018 payroll did not rank among the top 10 in the MLB. Of the 30 teams, the Phillies had the 23rd<\/sup> highest payroll in baseball last season, and enter free agency with the 19th<\/sup> highest payroll, at just under $69 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nBoth players will likely command contracts worth above $30 million annually. Angels outfielder Mike Trout was the highest paid position player in baseball last year with a $32.3 million salary.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest names of this year\u2019s free agent class never made it there. Dodgers left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw could have become a free agent by exercising an opt-out clause in his contract, but instead he chose to remain with the Dodgers through 2021 at an annual average salary of $31 million per season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Major League Baseball\u2019s free agent period officially began on Saturday. Experts have billed this year\u2019s class of free agents as the most talented pool of players ever and the Philadelphia Phillies are expected to be major players in the market. Some teams have spent years budgeting and waiting for this year\u2019s free agent class to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":91953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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