You'll have to ask Bloom about the Peacock thing, but until Pivetta got COVID we had 5 healthy starters, so I'm still not sure exactly what your plan for Seabold was.
To the best of my knowledge, they don't finalize the lux tax numbers until around the end of the calendar year, after all the contract and option dust settles, so to speak.
Right now it looks very doubtful that JD would want to opt out, especially with the CBA uncertainty.
As for Schwarber, the words 'mutual option' make my head hurt. I just hope he's on the 2022 team.
It has to do with the real production value of free agents in general. It's not trash, you just have to know what you're looking at.
"Market value" isn't exactly the most predictable or rational value.