agree with most of this....
..however, there is uncertainty w/r to an extension offer to Bieber.. It's likely as you've stated.. We just don't know.. If Bieber's representation has presented a bottom line in the Scherzer or Verlander category.. then evaluating him for the CleFO value will be put in place and efforts at trading him will commence.. IDK if he'll be here through the 2024 season.. it would be nice..
The Rule V stuff... & losing guys that would otherwise be useful on lesser clubs is the price the Guardians pay for doing business..
w/r to the Freeman/Rocchio/Arias grouping.. 2024 may be a bit late.. but no later than that, imho..
Jason Lloyd's article in the Athletic says clearly that an offer was sent to Bieber's agency and they turned it down. If you want to read it, then google button.
From Lloyd's article....
"source with knowledge of the Guardians’ thinking, it wasn’t for a lack of trying. The team presented Bieber with a significant extension that far surpassed the deal Snell signed with the Rays, I was told. Bieber rejected it.
Two years later, however, he remains without an extension. According to one source with knowledge of the Guardians’ thinking, it wasn’t for a lack of trying. The team presented Bieber with a significant extension that far surpassed the deal Snell signed with the Rays, I was told. Bieber rejected it.
More and more players are rejecting the security of long-term deals early in their careers and opting instead to wait for free agency. Now that Bieber is making $6 million this year in his first season of arbitration, the urgency for him to sign long term is diminishing. He is finally starting to make real money by baseball’s standards.
"More and more players are rejecting the security of long-term deals early in their careers and opting instead to wait for free agency. Now that Bieber is making $6 million this year in his first season of arbitration, the urgency for him to sign long term is diminishing. He is finally starting to make real money by baseball’s standards.
Now the dot-connecting: Bieber, who will turn 27 on May 31, is a client of Drew Rosenhaus, the football mega agent who expanded into baseball a few years ago. Bieber is easily the firm’s biggest baseball client and is featured prominently on the baseball page of the Rosenhaus Sports Representation website.
Dennis Wyrick is the president of baseball operations at Rosenhaus Sports and is Bieber’s direct agent. Wyrick came up in the business under Scott Boras, the agent who famously encourages all of his clients to pursue free agency rather than sign away years of control too early.
It’s easy to see where all of this is headed. "