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MLB Teams' Huge Risks That Have Blown Up in Their Faces This Year

Bleacher Report | September 4, 2018

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No risk, no reward.

It sounds good, but try telling that to the MLB teams who took a huge risk this past offseason and had it blow up in their faces.

Whether it was signing a free agent who hasn't lived up to his contract, failing to embrace a necessary rebuild or squandering an opportunity to trade a player when his value was highest, MLB teams will wind up looking back with regret for a number of reasons.

Below are 10 notable examples of offseason risks that did not pay off.

Baltimore Orioles: Signing SPs Alex Cobb and Andrew Cashner to Multiyear Deals

    Alex Cobb
    Alex Cobb Jason Miller/Getty Images

    After a relatively quiet offseason, the Baltimore Orioles made a late push to improve a starting rotation that was the worst in baseball in 2017 with an unsightly 5.

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