My "optimistic" take on what is probably an inevitable Bryant extension is that whatever he signs for will not hurt future players anymore than they have been. The Cubs will pobably offer more than CW11's range but only because everyone is cheaper moving forward and it's good cover that proves the owners are definitely not colluding in FA maybe even years in advance if they were but they aren't :wink: Pretty much everything is going to be a demerit for players in 2020 - whether they play during COVID or not, whether they hit or not, whether they win or not, having babies...It sucks but to stay on the optimism theme - if the players play great baseball some of the already low ground they had can be regained in time...Feels like a good time to point out: Ed Howard is the only amateur the Cubs have signed to get more than half Bryant's $6.7 million signing bonus since the Cubs stopped making top ten picks who the horsefeathers is cw11. for christs sake