As part of this piece, @PaulHembo dug out these numbers on the middle class of free agents and their steep decline in salary:
2020: Avg contract $6.2M
2019: $7.8M
2018: $8.0M
2017: $8.2M
2016: $8.2M
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2015: $11.1M
2014: $11.8Mhttps://t.co/NdFgvprdRY

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 2, 2021