If you want to see a good comparison for a probable pre-arby deal for a SS like Segura look no further than Alcedes Escobar, Starlin Castro, and JJ Hardy. Alcedes Escobar (look at his pre arby salary's and his Arby salary's, and that's likely the range for Segura.) JJ Hardy, (look at his FA salary and that's likely what Segura will get max, Hardy has power and has a recent history of hitting 20-30 HR's, yet he's making only 7.5 million) Look at Starlin Castros contract and you will see what we will have to pay Segura in a year and a half from now, and compare that to if we signed him in the next month, before he knows what he's capable of, so that way he will sign the contract just because of the guaranteed millions of dollars, which is a lot more than what he's making right now pre-arby at $492K.) Thecrew07, I'm going to disagree with you slightly. Not only will there be significant savings in his free agency years by doing a pre-arby deal, but also in his Arbitration years as well. Remember it's a pre arby deal.