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NJ2STL's avatar

Love the material. My main disagreement is with the valuation of Conforto which is out of touch with the corner OF market. They simply aren't going to get this kind of money anymore, or at least soon, outside of an elite player such as Soto or Acuna (assuming you think he's corner and not CF). Conforto likely gets done for roughly $100M or he walks in FA and the latter is fairly likely.

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Jeffrey Bellone's avatar

I could have used a more conservative estimate, for sure. But picked a number based on what Springer got this past offseason (6, $150) as a player who projects as a corner outfielder and is 3 years older. But it will be interesting to see how it plays out, and perhaps the Mets could save some AAV there. Thanks for the comment!

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NJ2STL's avatar

I get the Springer comp due to age but the age gap is a year less when Conforto hypothetically reaches FA and the CF ability for maybe 2 years for Springer can't be overlooked due to lack of bats in CF and excess supply of good corner OFs.

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Steve B's avatar

They got the money - spend spend spend

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