Over at The Athletic, Jim Bowden has dropped the offseason’s first batch of financial projections for the MLB free agent class. Like any of these kinds of lists, you’ll find some that look right and will be, some that look wrong and will be, and some that wind up a surprise in all kinds of directions.

You can peruse the list for your own reactions, but I’ll comment on a few things that stood out to me (the rankings order and teams mentioned as fits don’t make a lot of sense to me, so I’m kinda just ignoring that part) …

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