What will Scherzer get?

[steveringo]

With Lester dominating the FA news, it is apparent Max Scherzer (and Boras) will wait it out...

If Lester gets near $150m, what can Scherzer expect? (he turned down $144m last winter)

Will the losers of Lester dig deeper and go after Scherzer? Will they settle for Shields?

 

[Hangman]

With Lester dominating the FA news, it is apparent Max Scherzer (and Boras) will wait it out...

If Lester gets near $150m, what can Scherzer expect? (he turned down $144m last winter)

Will the losers of Lester dig deeper and go after Scherzer? Will they settle for Shields?

Lester will get somewhere around $135 mill

 

[LogicMan]

Lester will get $150, Scherz will get $160

 

[molsaniceman]

Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com reports that free agent left-hander Jon Lester will "likely" decide on a team by the end of the week.
Several days ago, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reported that Lester had been offered a six-year, $138 million deal by the Cubs and that the Red Sox might be willing to bump their own offer to $130 million.

Can Max get more?

 

[broncosmitty]

I know Lester doesn't cost a pick. And I also am not looking forward to Scherzer resigning for huge money in Detroit. But Id be surprised to see him get less years or money than Lester.

 

[calsnowskier]

I know Lester doesn't cost a pick. And I also am not looking forward to Scherzer resigning for huge money in Detroit. But Id be surprised to see him get less years or money than Lester.

What is the $$ valuation of a pick? Obviously it would depend on where the pick is (the #12 pick is worth more than the # 26 pick) and each team probably values picks differently due to how seriously they take drafting.

But in general, would a pick equate to docking 10M from the total value of the contract? I am not sure how to monetize this aspect of the calculus.

 

[broncosmitty]

Im just thinking of overall value.

If Im going to overspend, Id do it on the lefty that doesn't cost me a pick. But, Id think Scherzer's market value is high enough to over compensate for that. I don't even know if the same teams are interested in both.

I know Id rather see Lester signed in Detroit, for less than MS turned down, and Scherzer walk. Get a lefty and a pick. Not gonna happen, but ya know, a guy can dream.

 

[tducey]

7 years at 21 million per.

 

[steveringo]

7 years at 21 million per.

Well, he turned down $24 last winter...

I suspect you have the years right, but the aav is short about $7 or $8m....

 

[HammerDown]