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Originally Posted by tk13
For Cain, it's really all about his health. If he stays relatively healthy and puts up another good year, I think he'll get much more than $50 million. He's only two years removed from being an MVP candidate. I think he'd be able to get an Alex Gordon contract, if nothing else. The Royals clearly played better with him in the lineup too.
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Watch Fowler.
Roughly the same age. Cain's a better player (probably) though Fowler has a better health history.
I suspect that both Cain and Davis will beat $50 million if they stay healthy. Davis, when healthy, is on par with guys like Chapman and Jansen - those two guys are going to approach $80+ million, IMO. Hell, I think Melancon will approach $50 million and he's both older and nowhere near as good as Davis.
This diminishes KC's leverage and their draft compensation a little bit, but not by a ton. My biggest issue is that it's making it a tad easier for the big money teams to crush FA signings again.
But on the flipside it's making it harder for them to corner international FAs so there may be some benefit there. How much remains to be seen as when there's a cap across the board and everyone's offering max, it's situations/market that can sell a player and big market teams have an advantage there as they have their high-dollar academies set up and an international presence due to TV.
Personally I think this CBA is a small step backwards in terms of parity and big/small market distinction. I don't think it's an enormous one, but a step back nonetheless.