Hard to say. The Yankees offered a deal earlier but like I said, Drew wasn't thinking about playing other positions then. The Mets were "in the neighborhood of $9.5", whether that means higher or lower, I have no clue. I'd assume lower. I'm not sure what the Red Sox offers were.zenter said:
I can't meaningfully argue the degree because I'm basically pulling a number out of thin air. Drew is asking for something like 4/56, right? Maybe his actual value is lower, and the Peralta comp is useful, but he's a year older and now has the PED tag attached to him.
Sans QO, I suspect Drew would have been able to field a few 3-4 year offers. With the QO, basically nobody is competing for his services. Sans QO, I'd expect offers in the 11-13M AAV range, and then see him take a 4/48ish deal. With the QO, nobody is at 10M AAV, right?
But, like I said, the speculative number is being pulled from thin air - we don't know value because the QO distorted things.
As for Peralta, I still think he's better than Drew. I don't see how Drew was going to get more than him even without a QO but as they say, it only takes one team.