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Originally Posted by Reaper16
Are you sure about extending a pitcher who would be 33 going into the first extended year (2015 season) and whose eaten a whole lot of innings over his career?
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It's probably no more risky - possibly even less - than giving a six year, $90 million contract to Anibal Sanchez right now. That would be Sanchez's age 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 seasons. Vs. 31, 32, 33, 34 for Shields.
Shields has a lot more innings piled up, but he's also never had major arm trouble like Sanchez. And is built like a workhorse pitcher (6-4, 220 guys tend to be able to handle workloads a lot better than someone built like, say, Kris Medlen or Tim Lincecum).
I mentioned it a few pages back. an additional two years at, say, $30-35 million. Very fair market price (possibly even a little under what he'd get as a FA).