I’ve been trying to be patient. I’m told patience is a virtue, after all. But here we are, six days after MLB and the Players’ Association came to an agreement to end the lockout, and Cleveland has signed all of Luke Maile.
This is not a space for Luke Maile shade, so my apologies if it comes off that way, but — what the hell?
It seemed like the dam broke this week, with Matt Olson, Freddie Freeman, Kyle Schwarber, Joc Pederson, and many other players starting to find their homes for 2022 and beyond. If you include pre-lockout deals (such as Javier Báez to Detroit), every AL Central team has added more than one player on a major league contract, every team except Cleveland, of course.