Danny Parkins

Because you don't want to pay exorbitant prices, Tarek Skubal, on the back end when you're talking about arbitration and going through that process.

You get to avoid all of that altogether.

And Pete Carl Armstrong, if he's as good as he wants to be, can say, hey, even though I signed this deal and may have given up something on the back end, depending on how my career works out with the Cubs, because that'll be his ninth season in 2032, he can make $40 million in that year.

Now, to do that, he would have to win five straight MVPs.

But he could make $40 million in that final season.

I hope everybody got gas either yesterday or Monday because those are the two best days of the week to get gas before the prices go up each week.

Because yesterday's price, as you mentioned, not today's price.

And with Pete Kerr Armstrong, listen, the Cubs have themselves, I'm not going to say a steal, but significant savings based on what he did last year.

And obviously he was a guy who isn't making money.

big money yet.

And even this year, like you said, what's the cost of having another year of just very, very obviously big savings on PCA?

On the back end, it's not about options.

It's about he's going to get paid $30 million minimum the final two years of this contract.

That seems more than fair, and Pete Cor Armstrong doesn't have to worry about going to arbitration to fight for that money.

This is a win-win for both sides of the equation, in my mind.

Pete Cor Armstrong said he wanted to be here.

Of course, last year when they broached this topic, heading into the regular season, they were far apart because he hadn't put together that first half of 2025 yet.

After that happens, well, you knew the price was going way up from what they were talking about because they weren't even in the nine-figure range for a long-term contract.

But now that they've gotten this done, it should be a sigh of relief for both sides.

Pete Crow Armstrong can simply focus on baseball and doesn't have to worry about, quote-unquote, proving himself and that he's worth a certain amount of money.