For quite some time, I have been comparing first baseman to running backs, a position on which NFL teams have become reluctant to spend big money. Given that both Freddie Freeman ( six years, $162 million as a free agent) and Matt Olson ( eight years, $168 million extension ) signed for less than $170 million, it felt like it would be quite some time before we saw a first baseman sign for $200 million or more the way Joey Votto, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera and Price Fielder did over a decade ago.