That's a lot of guaranteed money to turn down that early in someone's career. I mean, he'll earn 500K in his PreArb years and then ARB years who knows depending on he performs. One year of free agency would be bought. If I were Springer, I'd counter with $30 million, and he could still land a huge contract afterwards he becomes a FA if he's as good as advertised. $30 M sets him up for life guaranteed this early without playing a MLB game, and his next big FA contract will be icing on the cake.