And Cespedes -- who's closer to Edwins age can play defence as well. I feel like Edwin is getting looked at as a full time DH who can spot at 1B, so the demand from teams drops from a potential of 30 (Cespedes) to 15, less buyers = less money.
Actually now that I wrote it out I'm surprised Cespedes got only $5M more than what we offered Edwin on a shorter term, what we gave would be in tune with the market and more than fair. How about this, for arguments sake if you had to choose one, would you take Cespedes at 3/75 (no opt-out lets say) in his age 30 season or Edwin at 4/80 entering age 34 season? Bias aside I think I'd take Cespedes, even at lets say 4/$100