Face it since it is rolling around in mental depths attached to the future. Soon it will surface when Manny Machado and Bryce Harper eventually sign their anticipated enormous and extravagant contracts. Just how much? The bar will be set. The price tag for a superstar. Then there is that level that goes beyond superstar and that is Mookie Betts.
The clock is ticking. The optimum year is 2020 and when that season is extinguished Betts joins the list of free agents. Meanwhile, Betts will be compensated according to his talent and that is all determined by the arbitration process.