Brandon Drury had a 3 WAR season at age 30 and only got 2/$17M
Profar was 2.5 WAR at 30 and barely got an MLB deal. $7M I think.
Turner, Pederson, Carpenter all had big old guy years in 2022 and none got $25M. They got 2/20, 2/12, 2/22
I don't see any need to give Merrifield a bag of money. There will be other options. Try to get him to take a nice little 2 year deal, sure, but don't bid against yourself.