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I guess the question is whether or not the '09 Felix was a career year at this point. Hes been consistently a 4 WAR pitcher since 2006, including 2010 so far, maybe '09 was just a good year?
If so, Felix will actually be 'slightly' overpaid even by FA standards in '12-'14 when he'll average $19mil per season. His value is ALL in the first two years of that deal in '10 and '11 when the Ms probably won't even compete.
Tulowitzski is a HUGE BARGAIN throughout the entirety of that deal. Hes a 5 WAR player and won't make $10mil until 2013 under that deal.
You don't trade a guy like that unless somebody blows your socks off. You don't trade Tulowitszki or FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ. Those guys are superstar players who are signed long-term at massive bargains.
The Ms simply waited TOO long to extend Felix. After 2011, hes no longer really an asset. If the Ms can get anything close to what they were offered from Boston in the middle of last year, they need to do that IMO.