After Francisco Liriano was traded, the next contract that Pirates fans started looking at was Josh Harrison's extension. Harrison signed an extension at the start of the 2015 season, guaranteeing him $7.5 M in 2017, $10 M in 2018, and options of $10.5 M ($1 M buyout) in 2019 and $11 M ($5 M buyout) in 2020. In total, the Pirates owe Harrison a guaranteed $18.5 M for the next two years.
That has led to a lot of bad, unoriginal jokes about how Harrison will be traded with prospects in the future to dump the salary. The thing is, Harrison is actually worth his salary.