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Deals that fell through / didn't happen
I just want to list a few deals that fell through or were reported but not completed here, for the sake of reference: Got any others? Please add them. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:22, December 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * Aaron Sele, free agent agreement with Baltimore Orioles, 1999-00 offseason
 * Alex Rodriguez, trade to the Boston Red Sox, 2003-04 offseason
 * Mike Lowell, trade to Texas Rangers, 2009–10 offseason
 * Chris Paul, trade to Los Angeles Lakers, 2011–12 season
 * Grant Balfour, free agent agreement with Baltimore Orioles, 2013–14 offseason
 * Frank Gore, free agent agreement with Philadelphia Eagles, 2015 offseason
 * DeAndre Jordan, free agent agreement with Dallas Mavericks, 2015 offseason
 * Wilmer Flores, trade to Milwaukee Brewers, 2015 trade deadline
 * Aroldis Chapman, trade to Los Angeles Dodgers, 2015–16 offseason
 * Hisashi Iwakuma, free agent agreement with Los Angeles Dodgers, 2015–16 offseason
 * Jay Bruce, trade to the Toronto Blue Jays, 2015–16 offseason
 * Dexter Fowler, free agent agreement with Baltimore Orioles, 2015–16 offseason
 * Jonathan Lucroy, trade to the Cleveland Indians, 2016 trade deadline
 * Brandon Nimmo, trade to the Cincinnati Reds, 2016 trade deadline
 * Bashaud Breeland, free agent agreement with the Carolina Panthers, 2018 offseason
 * Gerrit Cole, trade to the Houston Astros (the first try), 2017–18 offseason
 * Seung-hwan Oh, free agent agreement with the Texas Rangers, 2017–18 offseason
 * Trevor Rosenthal, free agent agreement with the Miami Marlins, 2018 season
 * Luke Heimlich, free agent agreement with the Lamigo Monkeys, 2018 season
 * Robbie Ross Jr., free agent agreement with the Cincinnati Reds, 2018-19 offseason
 * Antonio Brown, trade to the Buffalo Bills, 2018–19 offseason
 * Darqueze Dennard, free agent agreement with Jacksonville Jaguars (announced by team as "agreed to terms"), 2020 offseason
 * Michael Brockers, free agent agreement with Baltimore Ravens, 2020 offseason
 * Marqui Christian, free agent agreement with New York Jets, 2020 offseason
 * Eli Apple, free agent agreement with Las Vegas Raiders, 2020 offseason
 * Ty'son Williams, free agent agreement with Baltimore Ravens, 2020 offseason
 * Sirgeo Hoffman, free agent agreement with Arizona Cardinals, 2020 offseason
 * Timmy Jernigan, free agent agreement with Houston Texans, 2020 offseason
 * Marcus Green, free agent agreement with Philadelphia Eagles, 2020 offseason
 * Jordan Leggett, free agent agreement with New England Patriots, 2020 offseason
 * Ross Cockrell, free agent agreement with New York Giants, 2020 offseason
 * Walt Aikens, free agent agreement with Tennessee Titans, 2020 offseason
 * Michael Brantley, free agent agreement with Toronto Blue Jays, 2020 offseason

For reference
Sad development I have seen evolve in 50 years in media: The need to get a "Scoop" so "according to a source" information is rushed into print, on the air without assuring that the source is accurate and not using media for an agenda. Factual is more important than First. 13 Jan 2019