Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Smitty]

Indeed. My reaction was that a team preferred to pay Landale at $14 million rather than take on Gafford at $18 million, despite everyone on Earth knowing the latter was very gettable.

Aren't those two things very different? Landale or Gafford+FRP outgoing. Doesn't tell me anything about the contract being an overpay for Gaff, just that they didn't value him enough to also give a draft pick for the better player. Gap wasn't big enough.