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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 2015254" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>It may be that the hold up here is because the marketplace is thinking exactly that and no one will offer Bellinger the years he wants. I am certain Jed Hoyer will only go to 6-7 if he absolutely has to and would much rather go sky high with the AAV and/or get creative with opt-outs.</p><p></p><p>And it really is weird that Scott Boras now controls almost the entire remaining value on the market. He has total knowledge of the landscape whereas the teams don't. But that definitely introduces conflicts of interest, if he can push a team higher, does that ruin the market for one of his other guys? It's quite a staredown.</p><p></p><p>But with the possible exception of the Angels (who are DEFINITELY a suitor Boras is counting on to make a characteristically irrational FA overpay), there's no team in baseball who have more money burning a hole in their pocket than the Cubs. They badly need another good player or two and it would be a slap in the fans face not to go get them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 2015254, member: 746137"] It may be that the hold up here is because the marketplace is thinking exactly that and no one will offer Bellinger the years he wants. I am certain Jed Hoyer will only go to 6-7 if he absolutely has to and would much rather go sky high with the AAV and/or get creative with opt-outs. And it really is weird that Scott Boras now controls almost the entire remaining value on the market. He has total knowledge of the landscape whereas the teams don't. But that definitely introduces conflicts of interest, if he can push a team higher, does that ruin the market for one of his other guys? It's quite a staredown. But with the possible exception of the Angels (who are DEFINITELY a suitor Boras is counting on to make a characteristically irrational FA overpay), there's no team in baseball who have more money burning a hole in their pocket than the Cubs. They badly need another good player or two and it would be a slap in the fans face not to go get them. [/QUOTE]
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