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chico65
I don’t know, I think he looks better with short hair
Mike Bonsiero
Let me break out the Dan Duquette translator for this one:
“We actually haven’t because we’re afraid he’ll shoot us down but I’m going to tell you we have in the most non-committal terms possible so I don’t look like a moron who doesn’t know what I’m doing.”
AmericanMovieFan
No way does he give up a year of free agency if the average is just $10MM per season. I’d say the only way for a guy of Jones’ talent and potential to give up FA years at this point, 2+ FA years as Tim Dierkes is suggesting, would be a deal that is low paying now but matches the market rate later. Something like 2 years/$16MM or a Markakis-like deal with considerations of Jones’ better power and higher ceiling for growth would be 6 years/$84MM.
$2MM signing bonus 12: $8MM; 13: $10MM; 14: $14MM; 15: $15MM; 16: $16MM; 17:$17MM $2MM buy out and a 2018 option at $20MM.