Austin Bechtold

The expectations is it will be an eight-year deal in the range of Roman Anthony with Colt Emerson deals, like right in that range, right in between the two.

Well, Matt Clement said 110.

And Matt Clement said similar.

I don't think 110 gets it done, no.

But if you're Connor Griffin, Bob...

Why would you sign anything less than Roman Anthony's deal?

That's what set the market.

I realize that he has not made his debut, but how much does that truly matter?

The fact that he's never played one game in the major leagues.

Now, Colt Emerson is not nearly the same level of prospect as Griffin.

He's still a first-round pick and he's 20 years old.

He's not even the number one prospect in the Mariner system.

No, but he's a very good prospect.

And he got $95 million.

So the gap between the potential for Connor Griffin, because that's in a way what you're paying for.

It's so much greater.

So the thing that I don't really understand here is the Pirates are talking 1-10.

What truly changes after the first pitch is thrown and now it's, all right, now he's officially a major leaguer.

Is that when it jumps like to 130 or when the conversation is supposed to get to that point?

Yeah, I think it definitely is a great way to go.