TAMPA, Fla. _ J.A. Happ didn't have to sweat it out this offseason, as many of his free-agent brethren did _ and continue to do.
But that doesn't mean the left-hander, whom the Yankees brought back in mid-December on a two-year, $34 million deal with an option for 2021, stopped paying attention to the still-glacial free-agent market. And he has strong feelings about it, as most players do.
"It's surprising and it's disappointing," Happ, 36, said Friday after a morning workout at the Yankees' minor league complex. "I know we're (the Players Association) working on ways to change this, but it's frustrating for sure to see all the quality guys out there that can help teams win not being signed this close to spring. It's a bummer."
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