I am certainly with the majority here in my thinking that that offense needs the big bat. Where I might differ from some I guess is that the number of years is a lot more important than the money it takes. I don 't think I would go beyond the five year deal but the $ figure just is not all that important. Something between 125 and 150.
So, which would your prefer?
$150/6 deal ($25M x 6)
or
$161M/7 ($23M x 7)?
For $11M more, we save $2M a year for 6 years both in real dollars and luxury tax costs.
I'm thinking this might get it done....
$130M/5 ($26M x 50) with an option for a 6th season at $20M with a $5M buy out, making it...
$135M/5 or $27M/5 but a luxury cost of $22.5M (essentially: $135M/6)
or
$150M/6 ($25M x 6)
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"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."