Giants keeping Alex Wood and Desclafani.
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Giants keeping Alex Wood and Desclafani.
The Rays have signed Wander Franco to a 12-year, $223M deal. Honestly, great value for both sides.
Looking at that makes you realize even more the steal the Braves have on Acuna's contract. This buys out 6 years of Wander's free agency years (assuming nothing changes in the CBA) while Acuna's deal took out 4 years of free agency when accounting for the options.
With all this money being thrown around lets reward our ACE for a job well done....
To wit:
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Anything north of $100MM in guarantees will make Franco’s contract both a record for the Rays franchise and also for any Major League player with under a year of service time. Ronald Acuna Jr.‘s previous eight-year, $100MM contract is the largest ever signed by a player with less than one year of service, but it seems that Franco is poised to come close to doubling that record figure.
White Sox signing Kendall Graveman. Three years, $24M
Kimbrel at 16 mil? No thanks, and i'd imagine they'd want a decent return given what they gave up. Now, Sonny Gray is who i hope AA targets in a trade.
You guys having trouble reading? I clearly said I'd like to see Anthopoulos get involved "with a chunk of his contract paid down for a middling prospect". As in: Craig Kimbrel at one-year, $8m or less. Still a decent amount of elite upside in the arm, if the prospect cost is (as I said) middling.
But I'm all for using that cash on a viable starter instead. I don't think it'll be Gray, however, because his contract is too good, so he's going to cost a decent amount.