Wow, what a World Series Game 7. I can’t believe the guy threw that pitch and the other guy hit it!

I don’t actually know what happened in Game 7 at time of writing, but I know what will happen after it. Contracts lapse the day after the World Series, and teams have five days to exclusively negotiate with their respective crops of new free agents. After that, it’s an open auction for all 30 teams to make their case to anyone in the winter’s class. The Yankees have a couple club options to decide on — I think they’ll keep Tim Hill for $3 million, and let veteran Jonathan Loáisiga walk over his $5 mil contract. Cody Bellinger, meanwhile, will almost certainly opt out of the last year of his deal, and there’s where we’ll start a look at the auction block.

Hitters

Usurpingly, the Yankees go

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