Boy howdy, this year’s free agent class is about as top-heavy as they come. The top three, all of whom are represented by Scott Boras, are projected by FanGraphs to earn somewhere in the neighborhood of $550-600 million combined. That’s as much as the next 10 men on the list, three more of whom also employ Boras, though said group was lightened significantly by the news that J.D. Martinez — also a Boras client — will not opt out of his Red Sox contract.
From there, you’ve got to add up the next 30 or so available players in the top 50 to equal something in the neighborhood of $550 million.