Predicting the Next Baseball Stars to Sign 9-Figure Contracts

Monday’s deep dive into Paul Skenes, perhaps the most interesting extension case in baseball, was a sneak peek of Extension Week.

Now I’ll start a broader look at potential extension candidates, concentrating today on players whose value is less speculative: impending free agents.

These players are, in general, less likely to sign an extension with free agency waiting at the end of this season, and my analysis here is basically projecting what each player could earn on the open market before adding in his 2025 salary. If nothing else, it’s an early projection for a free-agent deal this upcoming winter.

Since last spring’s Extension Week, three players actually put pen to paper

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