re: Why do so many MLB teams bid against themselves?

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Scherzersooks good because he's been dominant but he's got a lot of deferred money and that's a bit scary for my taste. He's been incredible thus far though.

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meh, doesnt change anything about his actual production which he has absolutely no signs of slowing down any time soon. the value he will be providing them right now will be more than worth it once the deferments kick in

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Ellsbury, and Crawford

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these guys didnt get 200 million but fine. you can add them if you want

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Price and Greinke were both average at best last year, but you're not paying those guys to be average.

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price was worth 4.5 wins which is worth 36 million dollars so he still provided $6 million in surplus value to the red sox. zack greinke had a rough year last year but he is the single biggest favorite for having a bounce back year so thats still up in the air to me

so once again, when you actually take the time to look at it, it turns out that these contract work about as often as they dont which is the nature of the sport