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When is too early for an extension
Have a beastly player, he has 4.0 years of service time, he has his arbitration at approx. 16m for this season already done and estimated at around 19 for next year, If I bump up his offer into the 30m range he will sign a 7 year deal. He will be 26 at the start of the season
so this contract will bring him until the end of his age 33 season.
He plays 1B so that is a consideration but he has been RoY, 3x GG 4x SS and 1x MVP in 4 seasons. He is by far the best defensive 1B in the league for what that means averaging around 10-12 ZR per season
Batting wise he is averaging .292/.358/.594 50 HR and around 7 War per 162.
Most of the top end players ask for 40-42m or so but by the time they sign they get around 25-30 there are around 25 guys with AAV's over 20 and about 5 or so with AAV's over 30, so he does come in as elite pay wise
The question becomes do I sign him now and overpay by 10m for next season or take the risk since I assume next year he will have a big ask and end up testing FA, that I could end up in a bidding war and have to end up paying him more than 30ish just to try and save some cash next year and try and cheap out on his next contract
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