the cowboys have eight players and coaches currently in the protocols. finally, more baseball free acts cashing in big yesterday. short stop corey seeker reportedly signing with the rangers on a ten-year $325 million deal. seager s deal comes after signing marcus semien to a 7 year contract. the first team ever to spend half a billion dollars on two or fewer players in a single offseason. just hours earlier, the mets and pitcher 37-year-old pitcher max scherzer agreeing to $130 million deal. that means he s going to make 43.3 million annually, easy breaking the record by yankees ace gerrit ckole. sherzer s salary next season is more than the current opening day payroll for the entire rosters for the pirates and the orioles. but, christine, lots of desperate teams out there. mets are one of them.