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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
According to Davis Ortiz Vlad wanted 13 years for 585
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This kind of aligns to the rumour I heard that it his ask had increased to around "12 x $600M". So that's the ballpark it think.
The interesting part of that 13 x $585M number is that the AAV aligns to one of the previously rumoured offers the Jays had reportedly made which was 10 x $450M. Both are $45M per year.
So seems like the issue is total length / duration more than the average.
I don't know...if you're in a similar range on AAV but the length is the issue that feels like a closesble gap if both sides would have negotiated in good faith.
But if Vlad was at a hard stance on that number (and it kind of sounds like he was) then I kind of get the Jays hesitation.
But at the same time he's likely going to have Opt out clause at like 3 and 6 years anyways, why worry about 2 extra years at the end.