What kind of contract will Santander get as a free agent, assuming performance close to 2022-23 next year?
Reading all the Santander talk in the thread that is supposedly about Ortiz, I’m wondering just how highly people think Santander is valued. Let’s assume 2024 is in line with 2022-23 more or less, and he stays healthy. What kind of FA contract do you think he gets? @wildcardthinks 5/$100 mm. Is Santander in that ballpark?
I think Castellanos would be a reasonable comp if you wanted to make the case for 5/$100 mm, which is what Castellanos got from the Phillies. At the time, Castellanos had a career 114 OPS+, had been worth 12.5 rWAR in his career, and was heading into his age 30 season. He was coming off a 138 OPS+ season.
Right now Santander has a career 109 OPS+, has been worth 7.5 rWAR, and will be heading into FA beginning with his age 30 season. Given another 1.3 seasons of performance similar to 2