So what kind of contract do you think he's going to get should he test the market at the end of this year? I would have thought it's be stupid money for sure, but there appears to have been some kind of realignment wrt pitcher contracts this last off-season. Certainly, Snell and Montgomery didn't get near the stupid money offers they were expecting. If I was a pitcher approaching free agency after 2024 I'd be feeling a lot more uncertain about my future than a year ago.
You think if we offered Burnes 7/250 he'd turn it down?
I think this is most likely to be correct. I think he signed Kemp because he wanted to have an option just in case, and if Holiday had struggled and some of the other guys had been playing better this move wouldnt be happening now. Some people want to pretend that predicting the future is easy and you just make decisions months in advance...
The one time I've seen him uncomfortable was vs LHP Will Smith. Smith threw nothing but sliders and Cowser didn't make any contact, resulting in a strikeout.
I would have traded him for someone like Cease if we didn't get Burnes. Doesn't mean I think he was a bust, though, almost certainly some of our prospects will bust.
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