When the market didn't play out the way Jake Arrieta and agent Scott Boras were hoping it would last offseason, the right-hander ultimately signed with the Phillies in March for $75 million. He only got three years, though, which made it a shorter-term deal than than he and Boras had been seeking.

MLB.com's Mark Feinsand predicts the free-agent odyssey of Dallas Keuchel — another Boras client who, like Arrieta, won a Cy Young Award in 2015 but has regressed some in recent years — will reach a similar conclusion.

The Phillies seem unwilling to meet Keuchel's demand for a five-year contract, but they could swoop in if he proves amenable to taking a four-year deal later in the offseason, according to MLB.com's Todd Zolecki.