Stuff like this is what makes AW such a great place.We can disagree with other people's opinions, bitch at each other about trivial things but our love of the Angels is why most of us are here.
You can't project without a baseline,with no baseline you would need a fortune teller.Projections are based on something,if you have no information you are just guessing.
How can they project what you are going to do without looking at what you have done in the past.As Stradling said all free agents are being paid for what they did,with the hope they will continue to produce the same level.