This winter’s Major League Baseball’s free agency class was highly-touted over the past few years, as it was due to feature the likes of a pair of the sport’s biggest stars in Bryce Harper and Manny Machado.
But for the second consecutive year the free-agent market has been slow-moving, with many teams unwilling to spend lavishly presumably due to luxury tax threshold implications.
Tuesday marked a monumental day for the sport though as Machado finally found a new home, reportedly agreeing a 10-year, $300 million contract with the San Diego Padres. The contract will be the largest in the history of North American sports for a free agent.