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Mets supposedly now willing to guarantee a 4th year for Zobrist. I initially was against it figuring I didn't want the money he'd make on the back end of the deal to impact their ability to extend/re-sign any of the starters. But now that I've seen how batshit insane the open market is for SPs, I don't need to worry about extending any of the starters because there's little reason for any of them to agree to do so. I don't blame them.
I already assumed Harvey would be gone by 2019 anyway, but with the other 4 guys. If they develop as expected a couple if not all of them could be in line for 9-figure contracts assuming the open market only gets more and more expensive. I question if this front office would ever pump that kind of money into a starter again after the Johan Santana deal. But even if they do, it's tough to see them re-signing more than one of them.
Basically...fuck what Ben Zobrist is making in 2019. Just do what you can to win in the next few years because there's every reason to expect the window to close once the starters hit the market.
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