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They need to sow two of those coats together.
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Itās surprisingly kinda big on himā¦ Probably cause his arms are so short. Heās got the bowling ball build. I have a neighbour built exactly the same. I always joke with him about when is taking up Professional baseball. Haha
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True. Why would he EVER agree to that?
He would be 32? When he would have hit FA then.
He wouldnāt get anywhere near as big of a deal.
So what? 20maav for 4 years. Then 30aav for 6 years.
Or 18aav for 2 years and 40aav for 8 yesrs.
So 260m or 355m over 10 years.
Not pitcher EVER would take that deal.
Unless they are young ie 22 so they hit there second FA at 28 not their first
If that is true, then they should have traded him.
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They wont because any Skubal start in detroit is a sold out game. Too much revenue
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At the time he had only made $2.65M in 2024 and was still 2 years away from big money.
Skubal had already had 2 major arm injuries.
Tigers were trying to tempt him with guaranteed money now.
No chance of working with any Boras client.
A pitcher that is scared he will have another major arm injury.
The dollars per are a joke. I donāt think Iād offer him 8 years though. Someone will though
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Thats EVERY pitcher tho.
The only way i could see a pitcher taking that deal like that. Is if the contract is set to expire before they hit 28yo so they can still get a BIG contract then. Trying to do that with skubal. That would have been 32 years old at expiration is a joke.
Only way he would agree to a short contract like that is if it was over market value AAV. So 45+m.
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