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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1832741" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-nolan-arenado-left-quite-a-bit-of-money-on-the-table-by-choosing-to/article_030b8d11-b3d3-5c0e-8c90-51fc6b29d939.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><strong>Q: How much money did Arenado leave on the table by not opting out? It made me like him even more seeing these deals.</strong></p><p></p><p>A: Quite a bit.</p><p>More the more you look into it. Xander Bogaerts, a year younger than Nolan Arenado and playing a premium position but not nearly as well as Arenado plays third and a good hitter but not as good as Arenado, got an 11-year, $280 million deal. Several of the players who signed got deals that take them to their age 40 season (or more). A year older and a better player at a position not quite as in demand, why that still puts Arenado at a nine or 10 year market with an AAV greater than Bogaerts. Goodness. Maybe chatters will believe me now when I mention how much he's enjoyed being a Cardinal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1832741, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/goold-nolan-arenado-left-quite-a-bit-of-money-on-the-table-by-choosing-to/article_030b8d11-b3d3-5c0e-8c90-51fc6b29d939.html[/URL] [B]Q: How much money did Arenado leave on the table by not opting out? It made me like him even more seeing these deals.[/B] A: Quite a bit. More the more you look into it. Xander Bogaerts, a year younger than Nolan Arenado and playing a premium position but not nearly as well as Arenado plays third and a good hitter but not as good as Arenado, got an 11-year, $280 million deal. Several of the players who signed got deals that take them to their age 40 season (or more). A year older and a better player at a position not quite as in demand, why that still puts Arenado at a nine or 10 year market with an AAV greater than Bogaerts. Goodness. Maybe chatters will believe me now when I mention how much he's enjoyed being a Cardinal. [/QUOTE]
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