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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
Oh yeah, that's fair. Those numbers were speculation/projections from baseball columnists iirc.
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It was fair for both sides. Alex turned 1 good year into 4/38. The first two arb years would've probably netted him 4&6. He ended up getting 9&9, and then he had 2 more guranteed afterward. Remember too that he got a player option for 2016 at $12.5m. All told if he sucked, he was looking at $50M in guaranteed money.
He ended up better off in FA too. Had he signed after 2013 he was probably looking 6/80. Revenues exploded since and now he's in line for way more.