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Jesus. And I thought the Mariner's Colt Emerson 8-year $95 million extension was a reckless roll-of-the-dice. These kids had better perform.

Honestly I’m just assuming that, with the almost inevitable lockout re: salary cap and floor, that the Pirates want him locked down just in case...

If you're that confident a young player is going to be a star, or at least a consistently pretty good player, then get the big contract out of the...