It’s not signing at a discount, I just think his market will just be lower than Machado’s because he’s below average defensively.
Obviously no clue on this, but I’d bet he is closer to the 10/250 range.
I'm agreeing with this- closer to 10/25.-especially if he has two years of arbitration bought out in that contract. I'd prefer something like an 8 year deal and would bet after that expires.... if he was still a great bat, there'd be even less of a market as he'd likely be a DH only by that point.
By '23 I'd love to see:
3B Raffy (rotating there with Dalbec)
SS X (his last season there before moving to LF)
2B Arroyo/Kiké (get Yorke call-up)
1B Casas (rotating there with Dalbec)
C Someone other than Vazquez
DH Schwarber (rotating into LF at Fenway, 1B on occasion) rotating with Dalbec
LF Mostly Verdugo, some Schwarber (some X mixed in)
CF Duran (some Kiké)
RF Renfroe (some Verdugo)
Lots of moving parts with Raffy, Dalbec, Schwarber, Casas all going through DH, 1B, 3B but I think it'd work. Also '23 being the last years of Kiké and Renfroe on the Sox.