The End of Bates?

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(03-07-2022, 12:53 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Ridiculous people are believing an Instagram account with less than 100 followers.

No way in hell Bates is asking for 20 million a year.

He wants 15 million a year. I promise you the deal is hung up on the guaranteed money.

$15 mil doesn't really make sense.  $15 mil APY would have made him one of the 5 highest paid S's last year, but won't this year after Williams and likely Honey Badger top that.  I think most of can agree that Bates wants to be at least Top 5 if not the highest paid.  $15 mil was likely his price last year, and that was with him playing on a rookie deal where a catastrophic injury could kill his chances at a big pay day.  He's going to increase his price relative to the current market, not decrease it, because he has a lot more security with the FT.   

A lot of people are getting hung up on the FT # of about $13 mil when trying to estimate what Bates wants, but keep in mind that the FT is based off that year's 5 biggest cap hits, not the 5 highest APY's.  $13 mil would actually only be the 9th highest APY for a S last year, not an average of the Top 5 APY's.