The Marlins plan to offer Giancarlo Stanton a deal that would make him the highest-paid player in team history, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reported back in August that Miami would try to lock up its 24-year-old star for the long term, though the team was not necessarily optimistic of reaching agreement. For his part, Stanton tells Nightengale that he is willing to hear offers, but still wants to see “some progression moving forward.” “It will be interesting to hear what they have to say when the time comes,” he said, “but right now, I’m not worrying about it. I mean, we’re still in this season. When this season is over, then we can start thinking about 2015.”
Here’s more from the National League:
- Mets third baseman David Wright will be shut down for the rest of the year but is not expected to require surgery on his left shoulder, Adam Rubin of ESPN.com reported (via Twitter) on in advance of a team announcement. The club says that Wright has experienced persistent inflammation in his left shoulder, which may go some way to explaining his uncharacteristically average .269/.324/.374 slash this year. The star 31-year-old is owed $107MM over 2015-2020.
- Ryan Braun of the Brewers has seen his ongoing thumb issues expand to become a broader problem with his right hand, reports Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Though surgical options have been explored, it was determined that none seemed sure enough to warrant the risk. Since a hot start, Braun has seen his numbers dwindle and then fall off a cliff of late. He is still owed $12MM on an earlier extension next year before his five-year, $105MM pact kicks in starting in 2016.
- Left-handed starter Jon Lester makes sense as a free agent target for the Cubs, argues Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago.com. He is young and sturdy enough to warrant a significant investment, says Rogers, though Chicago can also choose to forego an overpay given the number of solid arms that could be had on the open market in 2016.
They’re gonna offer Stanton $2,000,000?!?!
Dying.
But seriously, this is why I didn’t give the story its own post. Reyes (6/106) is the biggest contract in club history, and obviously there’s just no plausible scenario in which Stanton gets less than that.
Freddie Freeman got 8/$135MM. Stanton is in the same service class, but will be one year further along this coming offseason. That’s your baseline.
Votto 10/$225 is probably the only reasonable recent 4+ comp. Obviously Stanton could be interested in a shorter deal, a la Trout, but that’s still coming in over Reyes. Stanton might take down $30MM in his last two years of arb alone.
Jeff, you’re my favorite.
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$1 million dollars! (pinky to lip) and then they’re going to trade him…
it would have to be higher than jose reyes 22 mil salary
He’d make history twice then. The highest paid player in Marlins history and the highest paid player traded by the Marlins.
If I was Stanton, the first thing I would ask for is a no trade clause. If Marlins don’t want to give one out, I say no thanks to an extension.
Stanton/Marlins jokes are still funny, but in all seriousness…6/130? 30 MM for arb, 4 years @ 25 MM apiece for free agency? Shorter-ish term, still hits FA at 30, etc. And, yknow, he gets 130 MM in the bank. W/ a no-trade clause, of course, or no deal.
Re: Ryan Braun’s extension…so, his original extension would have been up after 2015? If so, why would they jump the gun and give him another extension? Why do teams (Phillies with Ryan Howard, Tigers with Miguel Cabrera) do this? For instance, with Cabrera, it’s not like they were setting themselves up for a bargain, so why not wait? I don’t get that at all.
I think the Brewers are a little different than some of those other guys you mentioned. The Brewers were getting a slight discount(25mil or so) and they had no choice. If the Brewers would have let him hit FA the fan base would have lost their minds. They did what they had to do to lock down one of the biggest stars in the game.
Obviously the last two years are making it look like a bad idea at the time it was sensable.
No I get what he’s saying – even at the time, you’re locking them at a rate that is only worth it if they are putting up prime-of-their-career type numbers. Why not wait and see, and only pay if the signs are still pointing up when the time comes?
Well they are paying him 19 million 2016-2018, 18 million in 2019, and 16 million in 2020. For a guy who had won three straight Silver Sluggers, had a career WRC+ over 140, and was young enough that the new contract only guaranteed his age 33-37 seasons it was no where near prime of career type numbers contract. Just look at what Choo, Beltran, and Ellsbury got last offseason
Ok, I guess I see what you mean about Braun. The preemptive Cabrera extension, though, I can’t wrap my head around. Why on earth would they give out that massive extension, which was far from team friendly, 1.5 years before it was necessary?
Yeah I still don’t understand the Miggy extension either. I understand he is the best hitter on the planet and just won 2 straight MVPS but a 8 year extension starting in age 33 for full market value is insane!
So Stanton is going to be the highest paid Marlin in history and one year later the highest paid traded player in Marlins history. And Jon Lester to the Cubs makes too much sense for it not to happen and this is coming from a Sox “fan”. But should Stanton hit the open market once arbitration ends. I predict him getting the first 300 million dollar contract.
Once again, Mets fans are lied to. Just 2 weeks ago, Collins and Wright assured us that the shoulder was not the cause of his problems. Yesterday, Alderson praises Wright for playing thru the injury as “what captains do.” How about if the captain did what was best for the team about 2 months ago, rested the shoulder, and came back 2 weeks later. This is another example of the “inmates running the asylum.” Wright decides when he will sit, Harvey decides where he will re-hab. How about somebody in charge taking charge and deciding what is best for the team, unless they really believed that Wright at 70% was better than anyone else they have. And they are not sure that this is all that will be needed for the shoulder to heal. I can see it next spring when Wright is batting .200. The bad habits he got into this year while the shoulder hurt, are why he can’t hit next year. Good luck Met fans.
If you are going to sign with the Marlins, and are expected to give some type of hometown discount, then you better get a no trade clause, because everything is for sale in the Marlins’ shop. Otherwise, you are just giving the team a below market-rate asset to swap. And they will.
But…But…But… What about taking Middlebrooks, Holt, Barnes and a low prospect for him!?!?
They could offer him the largest contract in team history and be no where NEAR how much it will take to sign him. Stanton will get no less than Trout and likely will be looking for more with a full NTC. From a strictly economic stand point, there is no way the Marlins can give him a contract that has several season on it at $30 million plus each and maintain a competitive team. This is ALL, 100%, a PR move on their part. The only question is WHERE he will be traded to, not IF.
Stanton should be smart and get as far away from Miami as possible
Lester to the Cubs just makes to much sense. Sox fan here but I’d like to see the Cubbies grab him. Just fits the situation so well. Plus Lester’s career should only be prolonged and strengthened by the National league.
Stanton could do a contract like Trout did. If he gets injured he gets paid. He still hits the free agent market at a young age.