And as I said in an earlier post, look at the gulf between what Seager got and what Correa got. Correa was pretty much left standing in the game of musical chairs.
There are only so many $300 million offers out there.
I hear you.
The only explanation I can offer is that the time when you could keep your homegrown stars without committing to an exorbitantly large and long contract is past.
Whatever answer anyone gives would be a complete guess. My line has been Fire Fatse. It's mostly a joke. He was on the staff two years before this and he says they haven't really changed anything. But it does make you wonder when you see everyone except the Big 3 struggling.