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... the difference between the GM's estimates and the blog-o-sphere's guesses, is not epic.
Olney quotes rival GM's as pegging Felix' next deal at 6 years and 100-110 million.
You need +1 year and +30 million to get to the blog-o-sphere's "minimum." That's a bridge that's crossable, if that's the difference.
If the M's came in and said, "6 years, $110M" and Nero said, "nuh-uh, 7/$140M" then in absolute terms you're only a step or two from middle ground.
But like we sez, MLB has a stake in this too.