Maybe some of our more numbers-savvy friends can tell us just exactly what the expected return on a Freddie extension would look like, but I wonder if it wouldn't be a great idea to go to his people and see if we can't tack on three more years to his existing deal to (more-or-less) make him a Brave for life and head off any potentially touchy future negotiations. Offering him another $75 million would be a nice "thank you" and a little bit of a raise, but it would still be below market value AND would also only carry him through his age-34 season. If he's still productive and wants to play beyond that, then you could go year-to-year with him like Boston did Big Papi.