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How much would you pay three pitchers to compile 289 ⅓ innings with a combined 5.26 ERA?

Does just over $15 million per year sound right?

That is the outlay that three baseball teams are doling out to the first three starting pitchers off the free-agent market. Eduardo Rodriguez (with the Tigers), Andrew Heaney (Dodgers) and now Noah Syndergaard (Angels) have combined for seven years and $106.5 million.