Jennings: $5.5 million for 33 RAR = $1.6 million per win.
And some other relevant data: the going rate in last year's free agent market, taken as a whole, was $2.6m/win. Starting pitchers, however, were paid $3.2m/win. Two winters ago, it was $2.5m/win for the market as a whole, $3.1 for starting pitchers. So, combining that knowledge with the $4.1m/win figure from this year's market so far, we should probably expect this year's free agent SPs to get $4.5m per win or more... meaning that Jennings provides roughly triple the value per dollar that teams will get on the open market. This is why I think we can get a king's ransom for him.
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