[duncan_idaho]

Looking at that Fangraphs Crowd Sourcing is a good start.

Let's start with Alex Gordon. Say he does get offers of 5/100. I think KC could get him with a competitive offer of 5/80-85. I don't think KC could turn down that type of deal... if you look at it from a WAR standpoint, he'd need to produce about 9 WAR over 5 years to make the contract work, and I think he does that, easily.

Now, looking at SP, I think Samardzija is really low. He'll get more because he's a name guy and overrated. Leake seems about right, though, and would be a nice stabilizing factor to add to KC's rotation for the next several years (which figure to be his prime years).

Zobrist is the one that really surprises me. I think the projections there are running behind his current market value, which apparently is around $15 million/year. That's going to be a tough sign, but if he IS signed for the figure Fangraphs suggests there, it makes alot of sense for KC.

Remember, too, that family and faith matter more to the Zobrists than anything else. Julianna is not a typical baseball wife, in that she is a breadwinner as well (very successful Christian musician, as I understand it. ) I don't think "highest bidder" is the No. 1 criterion for them.