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Some Thoughts About Contract Predictions

Related Topics: Yusei Kikuchi, Alex Bregman

Free agency starts today, and a couple of publications have released their respective contract estimations for the top options on the open market.

There were some interesting tidbits beyond the obvious takes that Juan Soto will challenge Shohei Ohtani's AAV record. To keep it Astros-specific, Alex Bregman's next contract estimations were slightly lower than I initially expected. Ben Clemens of FanGraphs has the star third baseman pulling in a five-year, $140 million contract ($28 million AAV), with the general expectation that he'll remain an Astro.