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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
It's not close to a joke. He is being paid more up front that he would in his non-arb years and has some very rich options at the end.
That's how baseball works. Controlled players don't get market value deals.
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Unless you're creative like the Rays and you give Matt Moore (a pitcher with 9 career innings pitched!) a five-year, $14 million contract because 1. you know he's going to freaking good and 2. you want his agent to catch you a break when he reaches free agent status.