The market for starting pitching has begun to move, with J.A. Happ signing with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and Jordan Zimmermann reportedly agreeing to a deal with the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
They're significant deals for significant money, as Zimmermann's reported $110 million-for-five-years price tag caused Matt Ehalt of the Record to tweet:
If Zimmermann --who is a very good pitcher--gets 22 per, interested to see what Price, Greinke and Cueto get.
— Matt Ehalt (@MattEhalt) November 29, 2015
Exactly. The Happ (for three years, $36 million) and Zimmermann signings made news for the teams that signed them and for others shopping in the midlevel pitching market.