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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Not likely. He is what he is. 20+ home runs, decent defense in the outfield and now being paid 12 million dollars a season. He was a 2 WAR outfielder last year. Similar WAR outfielders are Gregory Polanco (~7 mil/season), Shin Soo Choo (20 mil/season) and Brett Gardner (was making ~11 mil now at 7.5 mil/season).
They barely have anyone under contract next year. They need to fill positions. And they're going to find apparent value while filling those positions.
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The AAV on the new deal $10.4m not $12m.
With this management teams focus on analytics, and Grichuk having high exit velocity and good launch angle on his hits, they see him as being 30 HR guy going forward.