Let's all imagine, just for a little while, that we're looking for work on Major League Baseball's free-agent market. While we're at it, let's also assume that all 30 teams' doors are open to us.
Now then, how to rank our choices?
This is how we set about sizing up all 30 MLB teams as free-agent destinations. It involved weighing factors that are sure to influence the decisions of real-life free agents, such as:
- Resources: Or available money, in other words. This tends to be an important part of free-agent transactions.
- Contention Timelines: Everything else being equal, players generally want to play to win.