The San Diego Padres cut payroll by $96 million in the past year, the New York Mets by $50 million, and the Los Angeles Angels by $49 million among nine teams in MLB that slashed spending in a tepid free-agent market that sparked player unrest.
Several top free agents — including two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell and 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger — remained unsigned into spring training and took shorter-team deals than they anticipated.
It's a concern, said Toronto pitcher Chris Bassitt, his team's player representative, adding he took notice when you have reigning Cy Young, when you have seven or eight guys that are really, really good not signed.
Player unrest sparked by teams cutting spending in a tepid free-agent market. Despite small salary increase, concerns raised over unsigned top free agents taking shorter deals.
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