2023 SP Free Agent signees early results

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Here's some early results from the SP free agents who signed large contracts in the offseason. As the link shows, its mostly been disappointing.

 https://sports.yahoo.com/carlos-rodon-has-no-timeline-to-make-yankees-debut-after-chronic-back-issue-diagnosis-231905728.html

Nearly every big offseason pitching contract has been a disaster so far

While the Rodón contract is obviously off to a bad start, it might be worth pointing out that he's not alone among pitchers who signed big contracts last offseason.

Here's the full list of pitchers who agreed to deals worth more than $40 million in the winter and how their seasons have gone so far:

• Jacob deGrom (Texas Rangers, $185 million): just hit the injured list due to right elbow inflammation

• Carlos Rodón (Yankees, $168 million): see above

• Edwin Díaz (New York Mets, $102 million): out for the season due to a torn patellar tendon suffered during the World Baseball Classic

• Justin Verlander (Mets, $86.7 million): returned from the IL on Thursday after a shoulder injury and allowed back-to-back homers in his Mets debut

• Kodai Senga (Mets, $75 million): 4.15 ERA in 26 innings

• Taijuan Walker (Philadelphia Phillies, $72 million): 6.91 ERA in 28 2/3 innings

• Jameson Taillon (Chicago Cubs, $68 million): 5.29 ERA in 17 innings

• Chris Bassitt (Toronto Blue Jays, $63 million): 5.18 ERA in 33 innings

• Robert Suarez (San Diego Padres, $46 million): on 60-day IL due to right elbow inflammation

It's never great when the biggest success story of the group has a roughly league-average ERA, especially when that group cost more than $850 million combined.

[Frobby]

Looks like Elias wax right to avoid this group.  

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