Top MLB Players Poised for High Nine-Figure Deals in Offseason

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00:00I kind of want to walk through, like, in your perspective, the top five on the market, who you think the big money guys are.

00:07I don't even know if top five is the way to go about it.

00:10And you could do tiers.

00:12I'm almost thinking, who are the guys that could sign a nine-figure contract?

00:17I think that's the way that I want to pose it to you.

00:19Yeah, well, I think, of course, Tucker's the clear one, as you mentioned.

00:23And then I think Cody Bellinger's is a guarantee at this point as well.

00:26So you have those two, I think, right off the bat that I think are pretty much an absolute guarantee to bring in that kind of money.

00:35And I think with what Bellinger did this past year, it's amazing.

00:39And I'm very fascinated to see how his market materializes, but you know it's going to be north of that.

00:44After those two, I mean, who's getting nine figures?

00:49I think what Trent Grisham has done and the fact that he's going to be, I think, just on the other side of 30, that absolutely helps.

00:56But he's not getting anything that big.

00:59Maybe if we ended the season in June, Cedric Mullins could be a candidate, but that's not going to happen, right?

01:06So he's more of a one, two-year deal guy.

01:08It really just seems like it's two guys that are going to be able to make that push for nine figures.

01:14And I think one's going to clear it very comfortably.

01:16And even Bellinger, I don't think anyone's even going to bother making an offer south of 100 mil.

01:24So Rob Refsnyder does not fit your criteria for a nine-figure contract?

01:28I love me some short platoon killer, but I don't think Refsnyder is going to crack it there.

01:32Okay, so the two clear-cut Tucker and Bellinger.

01:37The question is, where does Bellinger sit?

01:39Is he in the 100 to 150 range?

01:41Is he in the 150 to 200 range?

01:43I would assume 100 to 150, especially with what's possibly looming in 27.

01:49Tucker, I mean, it's a conversation that could last an hour.

01:52Is he a $300 million player?

01:54Is he a $400 million player?

01:55Is he a three for 120 and you've got to prove it again kind of guy?

02:00I have no idea.

02:01But I do want to take you to the $50 million plus range.

02:06Because I do think there are some guys that fit in the $50 million plus range.

02:10I don't think Cedric Mullins fits in there anymore, to be honest, with how badly he finished the year.

02:14But a guy like Harrison Bader is going to get north of $50 million.

02:18Trent Grisham, I feel like, is a lot to get north of $50 million.

02:21But there are some interesting ones for me here.

02:24Like, would you give Miguel Andujar $50 for what he's done over the last two years?

02:32Probably not.

02:32But you're giving him a multi-year deal and how expensive is that multi-year deal?

02:36So is it three for $50?

02:38Like, it's not that crazy to wrap my brain around.

02:41I think because of the lack of defensive value, it'll probably skew more towards that, like,

02:48you know, two for $45 or two for $40 or three for a little bit less AAV.

02:55But I think people are going to be surprised by the deal that Andujar probably brings in.

02:59And I think he's one of the more underrated bats on the market.

03:04The Grisham conversation is interesting, too, because it's just such a career year.

03:09And you always get nervous buying on the career years.

03:11We're talking about two career years here, too.

03:14We're talking about a Grisham career year, and we're talking about a Bader career year.

03:18And it's like, which do you buy into more?

03:20Both are very talented.

03:22So that's the thing.

03:23It's not like it's out of complete nowhere.

03:25Both have some prospect pedigree.

03:27Both have the defensive ability.

03:29Both can really run and run into some baseballs.

03:32But who would you be more comfortable giving a long-term deal to at this point?

03:37I mean, we got 34 homers in a, I think, stadium situation where it favors Grisham in the pull side a little bit.

03:43But even then, I think he was hitting home runs just about anywhere.

03:46And then you have Bader, who did it in multiple environments, just looked like a gamer all year long,

03:52and was more well-rounded, I would say, in his game.

03:55Like, it's kind of interesting.

03:57Grisham didn't defend by the metrics as well as you would have thought.

04:01So as I walk through it, I almost think, yeah, there might be a little bit more excitement with Grisham's bat,

04:05but he's also never hit more than 17 homers before this.

04:09So he doubled up his career best.

04:11And before that, he had three straight years of comfortably below-average production.

04:17Is Bader the safer bet?

04:19I never would have thought we'd be referring to Harrison Bader as safe, but between these two, I think it's interesting.

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