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And for everybody out there, contract extensions are based on player comps.

So when a team, an agency get together and say, hey, let's talk about an extension, you're talking about, okay, what are the comparables, the comparables in the last, we'll call it five years to this guy.

And so I made a list because I knew I was going to talk with you guys about it.

For PCA,

If you're talking about centerfielders or outfielders who are in his age range that have been extended in the last four years, you're talking about Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners, who signed a 12-year, $209 million extension.

Then you have Jackson Merrill was 9 for 135.

Roman Anthony, beginning of last season, was 8 for 130.

And then Corbin Carroll was 8 for 111.

Corbin Carroll, yeah.

So if I'm thinking about what these numbers are going to be,

Because Pete already has some service time, and a lot of those guys didn't have a ton of service time, this might be a six or seven year type of extension where you buy out all the arbitration years and then you add on a couple of the first years of free agency.

Probably in that 85 to 95 million dollar range with escalators that take it over 100 million, but it would fall in line with those deals.

Yeah, you save yourself some money and teams are always trying to do the let's pay them before they're like really, really good.

And that's how you get the Manny Machado, Bryce Harper, these guys that signed these massive Vladimir Guerrero Jr., even though he signed an extension.

But what he ended up getting, $500 million, is what he would have likely gotten had he hit free agency.

That's how you get those types of deals done.

And so I think for the Cubs, you're getting value because you don't necessarily have to pay top-of-market money.

But you're also rewarding Pete Crowe Armstrong and saying, we do believe in you being a foundational piece going forward.

And for a player, you're like, hey, I saw what I can be.

I also saw if things go the other way.