Exactly.
Hendricks was almost 32 when he signed his 3 year deal at $18M a year... a little older than Barnes will be when his new deal starts.
He began his career as a starter and was pretty bad his first 4 seasons.
He had a good season in 2015 at age 26.
2.92 ERA
1.082 WHIP
From 2016-2018, he was nothing all that special:
4.01 ERA
1.297 WHIP
He did very well in 2019 and the short 2020 season- better than Barnes had done, until this year.
1.79 ERA
0.897 WHIP in 110 IP
While Barnes may not have has the spectacular recent 110 IP like Hendricks, he does have 37 IP, this year that compares to that:
2.68 ERA
0.865 WHIP (15.1 K/0 and 2.4 BB/9)
Also, he was consistently very good from 2016-2020- a much longer stretch that Liam and as recent as can be.
2016-2018
3.86/1.293 (Hendricks: 4.01 1.297)
2019-2020
3.92/1.385
2016-2020
3.88/1.321 (Hendricks: 3.08/1.129)
Let's compare Hendricks 2016-2020to Barnes 2017-2021:
Barnes
3.66/1.236 (13.4 K to 4.3 BB) 3.11 FIP in 256 IP
127 ERA+
79 ERA-
Hendricks
3.08/1.129 (11.4 K to 2.4 BB) 2.59 FIP in 263 IP
136 ERA+
73 ERA-