Happ and Estrada are making an average of $12.5 million combined. Zimmerman just got $100 million while Price just got $30 mil guaranteed for 7 years, with Greinke right behind him and Kershaw already in that territory.
Lackey is better than those first, not as good as Zimmerman, and clearly a flight of stairs down from Price and co. $16-$20 mil is now the going rate for good to very good run prevention and innings.
It's a new world.
Also, fuck the luxury tax, draft slotting, and draft compensation. You're penalizing teams for trying to get better and it is unbelievably dumb.
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