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Originally Posted by Jeffy25
I think they are showing the organization that they are going to treat him as a person, and not an asset.
Which is, of course rare.
Obviously, by the Astros measurements, they see surplus value here. But that seems hard to see by us.
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I think the value for the Astros is coming in the fact that they won't be paying him a penny for a season after his age 34 season, which is relatively young for a deal of this magnitude to be ending. If Altuve is still playing well then, he goes out on the free agent market, which has been, to say the least, unkind to players of that age, but still he gets a chance to make some more. I think it's win/win, and let's face it, those are the best kinds of deals.