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The disappearing middle class in baseball

Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Josh Donaldson, Dallas Keuchel. These are just a few of the marquee names that will be on the open market next winter. Throw in players with opt-out clauses such as Clayton Kershaw and David Price, and this free agent class has the potential to be one of the greatest of all time. But with the anomalous class this year that squeezed many players expecting to get big money, long-term deals, how will next offseason play out?

FanGraphs recently published an article discussing the shrinking middle class in baseball.