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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
He's a top 15 player being asked to be paid like a top 5 player...honestly think it's as simple as that.
The 3 guys he's comparing himself to are Judge, Soto, and Ohtani...and let's be serious that Ohtani contract isn't even comparable due to the pitching aspect.
So really it's 2 guys
Soto: 26 WAR the last 4 seasons, $51M
Judge: 31.9 WAR the last 4 seasons, $40M
Guerrero: 18.9 WAR the past 4 seasons
So really he's not in the same realm as those guys right now, but seems like he wants to be paid like it.
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Aaron Judge wsn't Aaron Judge till he was 25, the same age as Vladdy now, then he had 3 seasons of struggling to stay on the field, then had a massive season in '22 at age 30 and then got paid.
Would you rather pay a guy who is just about to enter his prime, and get all of his prime years, who has shown that he can be a great offensive player, or pay a guy who is in the 2nd half of his prime, and will still be paid like a star into his late 30's. I would rather pay the guy just heading into his prime.
I get there is risk, just like any other signing, but I will take the risk on a player just entering his prime. As far as I know he isn't asking for $760m, in fact it sounds like he is asking for $260-300m less than that. That's a whole Trea Turner contract of difference.