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It's worth considering. by tdiddy07
On its face 7 years $245MM for Strasburg is significantly greater than 7 years $161MM for Davis. But Davis had a -5.9 WAR over this seven year deal compared to Strasburg's -.5 WAR. Assuming 1 WAR is approximately worth $7MM, that's $37.8MM in comparative additional opportunity cost to the O's that is worse than simply being hurt and not playing. That brings the cost to the O's of $198.8MM over 7 years. If Davis continued playing rather than getting benched, he likely would've surpassed Strasburg in value detracted. There was a bit of salary inflation between 2016 to 2020 that may also be taken into account. But my guess is that Strasburg's ended up being more costly even after taking that into account.