Which is fair but these guys always want the extra years. Why not go 5/$175 and get his prime years? He'd be a FA again at 31 and someone would give him another crazy deal.32 per and would be 32 entering FA once this contract is over with.
I wonder if this is start of a negotiation phrase or more of a we tried. Crane has shown not to go over 5 years from the Lance/Altuve and Bregman extensions.
If I was running a team, I'd have no problem paying crazy AAV for a handful of years that should be incredibly productive.