Top 10 Most SHOCKING MLB Free Agent Signings of All Time

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[@tarilapoweigha4037]

Only reason the Damon one is a shocker is because when he was on the Red Sox he said he would never play for the Yankees.

[@rhyde]

That too!

[@greatloverofmusic1]

Great list. I was half expecting a list to be full of busts but I'm glad there were "shocking" deals that were considered good. Of course with hindsight being 20/20 the Angels organization spending money stupidly isn't all that shocking lol. As a Cubs fan the Alfonso Soriano signing was shockingly stupid, but then again we're talking about the Cubs.

[@rhyde]

Thank you good sir! Ya know I loved that Soriano signing when it happened because I just liked Soriano, but it definitely turned out not to be a good contract lmao

[@danosaur55]

Everybody remembers the D-Backs and Johnson Schilling, and the Giants and Barry, but the Dodgers averaged 90 wins from 00-04 and had Kevin Brown, Chan Ho Park, Hideo Nomo, baby Beltre, Sean Green with back to back 156 OPS+, and Eric "Breakfast of Champions" Gagne.

[@guyincognito320]

I remember Brown signed with the Dodgers and reading SI about it. They also had Sheffield and just too many stars to name. They've been trying hard the whole century and only one WS

[@greatloverofmusic1]

@@guyincognito320 At least they tried. There are too many teams perfectly happy with mediocrity.

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[@skpdu3505]

Just a small correction. Cliff Lee was never trade for Roy Halladay. The Phillies did two different trades. One with the Mariners where they sent Cliff Lee for prospects and another one with the Blue Jays for Doc sending prospects. The prospects traded in each trade was different btw.

[@rhyde]

Good call!

[@flockawaka1017]

The Tigers signing Prince signaled the End for them.. the Kinsler trade sealed fate.

[@connorlyng3029]

Great video Robbie!

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[@TyphoonTTD]

Another great video

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[@jerradmechals1]

After COVID and all that comes with it, my undying love for baseball has weened . If they don't come to an agreement in time to start the season on time I'm done. I don't give a crap about the players or the owners and who gets more millions

[@dudochalmers10]

Quality content without even forcing it. Thanks for existing Rob ❤️

[@rhyde]

Much love brotha!

[@ItsJacobyay]

Is there another updated MLB 100 pipeline? I know you made an episode 6 months ago but I’m excited to see if anyone is ready to make their debut during the (hopefully soon) spring training

[@rhyde]

I don’t think it’s been updated yet, but look out for some positional prospect rankings soon!

[@ItsJacobyay]

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[@bk-pn9bs]

Ellsbury should be on this list somewhere. Carl Crawford, BJ Upton also comes to mind.

[@rhyde]

I definitely considered Crawford, went with Daisuke because of how big the posting fee was though. Ellsbury and Upton are definitely worth of being here too. I found the Crawford signing to be more surprising than shocking, if that makes sense?

[@giantblossom2349]

The Albert Pujols situation reminds me a little bit of what Freddie Freeman is going through right now. Freeman isn’t anywhere near as good as Pujols but I can see a team coming out of nowhere like the Angels did and steal him.

[@rhyde]

Definitely possible!

[@chrisweidner4768]

The Pujols signing wasn’t shocking. Huge new TV deal. Albert is the greatest combination of power and batting eve ever. His first year as an Angel, 50 doubles and 30 HR. Then the foot and knee problems. Unforeseen. Can’t hit without your legs.

[@sumner-kv3gh]

He also lied about his age. Can't beat father time

[@antonioreconquistador]

That a-rod deal is a great example of why money cant buy happiness when you spend it on a person

[@benanddaniellereviews]

A lot of people in Seattle were unhappy that A-Rod took such a big contract to leave the Mariners 🤣

[@guyincognito320]

Arod is the most irrelevant great player of all time. He went to Texas and was irrelevant there. Then went to the Yankees to be on a dumb all star team where they could've used anyone else decent at 3B. Steroids since high school. Just boring all around.

[@lorialexander7486]

What laptop do you use?

[@rhyde]

I use an iPad lmao

[@DPK365]

Thanks for reminding me that Scherzer is going to play for the Mets....I hate you LOL. Seriously though, good list.

[@rhyde]

Lmfao Nationals fans will get through this soon...hopefully...

[@redavis6581]

Now, let's see if Freeman signs with LA

[@tarilapoweigha4037]

The Scherzer signing I'd put number 1.

[@rhyde]

I couldn’t believe it tbh

[@smosmo4617]

I'm 30 seconds into this video scherzer to The metz better be on here

[@rhyde]

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[@arthurwilliams7886]

What Robinson Cano signing with the Mariners?? Yankees never lost out on one of their big free agents ever. And I know all the yankee fans say they didn’t want Robbie, that is BS. Instead they made a huge mistake signing Jacoby Ellsbury instead of Cano!!

[@skorpiontamer]

The fact Hamilton didn't win MVP in 2012 with THOSE numbers is insane 43 homers, 128 RBIS

[@mashrurmoyeed3945]

I believe that year Miguel Cabrera won AL Hitting triple crown that year, first person to do it in like 50 years. No one was going to beat him for MVP

[@greatloverofmusic1]

He had a great season, but not nearly good enough to deserve MVP.

[@railfanfredrick4394]

First

[@rhyde]

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[@thpnob8419]

Pujols was so bad over the decade. I was so happy they finally released him. “Oh I don’t want a part time role” man was living in the past. Should’ve released him a few years prior

[@rhyde]

I wonder how much different his career would have gone if he stayed in STL

[@baseball6071]

one of the best hitters vs. LHP this past year with LA. the angels are just where careers go to die

[@Hacksaw_HIM_Thuggin]

@@rhyde they don’t get Michael wacha and they prolly don’t make the World Series in 13, probably the biggest domino falling there

[@thpnob8419]

@@baseball6071 so he’s a 42 year old platoon DH only bat who can’t run at all in any possibility and has big ego. There is like no one who should want him other than to sell tickets. People can clown on the Angels but the only person who is responsible for Pujols being one of the worst players in the league the last few years is Pujols

[@Garrett1240]

@@thpnob8419 What a bunch of nonsense. Pujols has no ego; he's averaged over 30 homers and well over 100 RBIs per 162 games over the last decade. He's been perhaps the worst victim of the shift which exploded in use over the same period. Evidence of this is his groundout double-play numbers and miniscule strikeouts. For instance, last season struckout only 45 times in 109 games.