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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief
All the more reason to push for Hosmer/Moustakas extensions, IMO.
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Much harder to get big-bonus first-round picks to sign a long-term extension that buys out a few FA years than it is to get someone like Perez or Escobar to do it (signed for less than $50k each).
You almost have to do it at a point when it either carries some risk for the team (paying for performance at a level they haven't consistently shown or have only shown in one season, like with Gordon).
Moustakas might be a guy you could get it done with, if you went to him NOW and offered an extension that paid him, say, $8 million a season over the next 6. That does carry a lot of risk, though.
Hosmer? We all need to come to grips with the idea that they will be watching Hosmer walk and gleaning whatever the compensation for him is in 2018.