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Suggestion
Allows players to conduct holdouts if they are unsatisfied with the contract being offered them by the ballclub.
Reason
When free agency is off and the reserve clause is in place, the holdout is the only tool players have to try and get a better contract out of a team. The team then has to balance the loss of that player's contribution to the team against the value of the contract the player was demanding, and the player has to balance the loss of income and possibly being permanently replaced by another player.
Priority
High.
When free agency and arbitration are off, holdouts need to happen on occasion so that good players have at least some bargaining power in preventing undervalued contracts.
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