The Atlanta Braves have been criticized by some parts of the baseball world for just how aggressive they’ve been with early career contract extensions for their young players.

And now, a recent contract extension at that same position may make things difficult in a few years for Atlanta

The Houston Astros have signed second baseman José Altuve to a five year, $125M contract extension that will keep the second baseman with the organization for what’s likely to be the remainder of his career, and that has multiple direct effects on Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies.

Altuve, 33, is a career .307 hitter that’s been an eight-time All-Star, the 2017 MVP in the American League, and a two-time World Series champion. With this extension, he’ll be the first second baseman in baseball history to make $300M in a career.

It’s also bad news for Atlanta.

Ozzie’s price just went up

Albies is entering the sixth year of a seven year, $35M contract extension he signed in April of 2019. Albies was 22, coming off of his first full season in the majors, one in which he made his first All-Star team after bating .261/.305/.452 with 24 homers and 105 runs scored.

In retrospect, it was an incredibly low price for the Braves, with the extension commonly derided across baseball as the Braves “taking advantage” of a young player in Albies.