What does Trea Turner’s signing mean for Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts, and Dansby Swanson? Here’s the latest from Tom Verducci at the Winter Meetings
), Dansby Swanson, considered the fourth best free-agent shortstop, may have more value after Correa and Xander Bogaerts land, simply as a matter of low supply. The case for Swanson: he hits elite velocity. Swanson has hit more home runs off pitches 97 mph or more over the past three seasons than any player in baseball. And don’t discount his winning pedigree. Going back to 2014 at Vanderbilt, Swanson has played on teams with a .572 winning percentage .
• Turner is athletic enough to become a Robin Yount-type outfielder near the back end of his contract. Correa and Bogaerts are less athletic, especially in regards to speed, but have better bat-to-ball skills. Correa hits elite pitching. Bogaerts had the third best two-strike average last season . Only Javier Báez swung and missed at more breaking balls out of the zone than did Turner—though the gap was enormous: 307–220, which tells you how terrible Baez’s season was.
• From 2016–20, 14 free agents signed contracts worth $100 million or more. In the past two years the count is already at 14, with as many as six more to go this winter.
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