FanGraphs | Ben Clemens Harrison Bader is entering his final year of arbitration eligibility, which means he will hit the market after the season. That’s unless the Yankees extend him, and the time for that is now.
Clemens points out that Bader “is a perennial Gold Glove contender, and that might be underselling it. Beginning in 2017, his first full season in the majors, Statcast has Bader as the fourth-best center fielder in the game, 46 runs above average”, and compares him to Kevin Kiermaier.
“Conveniently, Bader and Kiermaier have the exact same career wRC+ (97),” he says, before predicting a four-year deal in the range of $50 million.