Great signing IMO. Free agent signings are always more money than you are comfortable with - that is simply the price of getting an asset without giving up any assets.
When it became likely that we were going to sign him, I thought... okay, what are the parameters that I can live with? Sure, 2 x $2.5M would be great, but that isn't happening. So what is realistic? What I could stomach?
When thinking term, I thought: 2 years? Awesome. 3 years? Sure. 4 years? That would be painful.
With respect to price, anything in the $2s would obviously be fantastic. $3.0 - $3.5M? Sure, that sounds pretty decent. $3.5 - $4M sounds a little painful, so that is what it will probably be. $4M or higher? Ouch.
In the end, neither the term nor the AAV were up in the uncomfortable zone. So for a FA signing, to me, that is pretty great.
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