If you’re a baseball fan, you know your team could land key acquisitions and great role players.
Free agency is underway, and there are stars available like Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee and Tampa Bay’s Carl Crawford. No one denies their talent and they would be a huge prize for any team.
But what about the busts?
Players who looked like they could be great additions have signed huge contracts and turned out to do absolutely nothing. One of the greatest examples of this came when Texas Rangers’ Tom Hicks, then-team owner, signed pitcher Chan Ho Park to a $65 million contract.
It may not be at that level, but the pattern of poor decisions has kept repeating itself.
Here’s a look at 10 free agents who could wind up being major busts this off-season: