Career WAR: 10.8; 2016 WAR: 6.3; service time: 1 year, 113 days
Lindor, Cleveland's shortstop, won't hit arbitration for another two seasons. But after essentially inventing the team-friendly deal in the 1990s, the Indians organization has continued to be aggressive when it comes to locking up young talent. On their roster right now, Cleveland has
Jason Kipnis,
Yan Gomes,
Carlos Carrasco,
Carlos Santana,
Corey Kluber and
Michael Brantley.
Without those deals, Santana and Brantley would already be gone, Kipnis and Carrasco would be gone after this season and Kluber and Gomes gone after 2018.
Christian Yelich got roughly $50 million guaranteed over seven years plus a club option from the Marlins two years ago, and that seems fair, but Lindor is a better player at this stage, so let's say seven years and $60 million with a $15 million team option.
