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Pitcher Cease is two months shy of his 28th birthday and two years from free agency.
He was the AL Cy Young runner-up in 2022 and possesses the sort of big-time fastball-slider arsenal teams will bet big on.
Tampa Bay has options, but none of them has exhibited Glasnow’s capability for dominance.
The Yankees could try to engage a team more in need of Torres' flavor of production in his final year of team control.
The Los Angeles Angels are extremely unlikely to field a competitive team in the next few years.
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