Kipper : Marte Signs 6 Year $31 Million Deal with #Pirates. Great Deal For The Bucs

It was just announced via Ken Rosenthal and Jim Duquette that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Starling Marte have reached an agreement on an extension that will keep the 25 year old Starling Marte a Pittsburgh Pirate through his prime years, into his early 30's, at a sweet reasonable price of a little over $5 million per year.
Considering that guys like Garrett Jones were getting $3.5 million per year this offseason and are well past their prime, what the Pirates got for Starling Marte who is just getting ready to enter his, is a remarkable deal. When you consider the deal that the Pirates struck with Andrew McCutchen and Jose Tabata, Neal Huntington and company have become masterful negotiators at shoring up contracts that are very favorable to the Pirates.
The question now is if they can force Scott Boras into these sweet deals with Pedro Alvarez and Gerrit Cole or if they will have to pony up some more cash to get the stubborn Scorr Boras to accept?
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