[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by JTech780

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.

What's the max you would pay him on term and $$?