Ivan Nova's agent, Greg Genske, says Nova has received contract offers in the range of the three-year, $36 million deal J.A. Happ got last offseason, MLB Network Radio reports.
If that's all Nova gets, he's a bargain, and I could even see the Pirates getting involved at that price, since they gave Francisco Liriano a similar deal two years back (although they pulled the plug on it).
Still, I'd expect those $36 million proposals to be opening offers that will increase with time. Nova is considerably younger than Happ was, making a four-year deal less risky for him than it would have been for Happ.