At the end of the day they have to trust their evals. They’ve had more time with Bates than anyone. They know what his strengths and weaknesses are and they should be able to determine what he’s worth within a reasonable range. They can’t listen to me and get spooked by their misevaluations of Ford, Teller, Spain, Creed, etc. - they need to maintain discipline and stick to their process. It’s frustrating as fans because they keep screwing up the position but it won’t help to compound the problem by wildly overpaying based upon an outsider’s willingness to pay a certain price.