southernflyer
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We'll never know, but did Woodruff pull a Baker Mayfield and play instead of resting/rehabbing due to his impending free agency to increase his value?Maybe. I think a team will come along that offers more for that extra year of 'cheap ace'. Or, another team offers him an out clause with any extra years. It would be a nice gamble for the Gs, making 2026 a contending year, but I think that extra year would have to start at 25m and/or include reachable incentives that get it over that mark.
Fortunately for Biebs it occurred at the beginning of his last arbitration season and not at the end going into free agency. He should have more certainty for the next couple of years as he progresses through his rehab program rather than his agent negotiating a contract with freshly damaged goods over the fall/winter.