It was never unlimited.
But the thing that Pete's free agency has shown is that his numbers, particularly the advanced stats, have declined, not improved, over the last 2 or 3 years. And the league knows it. You can see it in his hitting. He's still productive, but as much as anyone on the team, he can be pitched to. He has the most fundamental of flaws, one that a pitcher knows to attack from Babe Ruth league onward. Heat high, hard and often in; breaking stuff low and away. He seems to have become more, not less, vulnerable to this. The best use of his time this off season may not be talking to Boras. He should take a page out of Vientos's book, get in the cage every day with a pitching machine that throws breaking stuff away and fastballs high and hard. Get the right revolutions on the ball. And just see it and see it and see it and see it. Of course, maybe he's doing this. I hope so. It seemed to work for Vientos.
