How so? Gausman situation isn’t too different than Odorizzi last year. He prob could’ve gotten 3/40 off his strong year too. He bet on himself and lost. Gausman isn’t worth $19m/yr, he didn’t even have a rotation spot 2 years ago. If he has another strong year, it’ll help his cause for sure.
Stroman we don’t know what, if anything, he received in terms of longer offer. The aav was probably shy of $19m as it would be pre-Covid after he didn’t pitch for a year and was a little checkered in the years before. He’s also betting on himself