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Originally Posted by Raidergoo
When did the offers come? May or last November?
If you want realism, the PEBA player's union would have filed a grievance a long time ago for the owner's acting in concert to depress player wages by not offering high dollar contracts to free agents in the previous offseason, like when funny things happened to Tim Raines and Andre Dawson. Thes MLBPA guys took what their clubs had to offer in the 80's, and made up the difference and more with legal action.
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The offers came last off season since he signed with a Mexican team. Not for what they were asking, which was ridiculously high in the off season.
These comments about grievances and such are laughable. No owners are colluding to keep FA signings down. A lot of our owners would have given their left nut to get some of these players, but they didn't have the budget room to come anywhere close to what the players were asking for. If you're telling me that it makes financial sense for a top player to take a below-average
long term deal, then I don't even know what to say. To take a player who is demanding upwards of $12 million per year in the off season and then took a contract with a foreign league, and then that player not only signs a $2 million deal for the rest of the season, but signs on for the next 3 years beyond that at 80% of the league average, has no justification. I can barely see him dropping his demands from $12 million to $2 million within a couple of sims, but he must want to play. But to accept 3 more years at $2 million makes no sense. He suddenly decides not only is he not worth $12 million for one year, he's not worth $12 million for 4 years? When the league average is about $2.5 million and he is well above average and in his prime? And he's only be on the market for 3 days after his Mexican contract was up? And he accepts less than he made for Mexican AAA league?
Sorry, no one can convince me that this scenario is modeled correctly. Players are not accurately taking into account potential future earnings. If you take into account the budget room a lot of teams will have this next off season, the budget room and the cash some teams still had at the time of the signing, the average league salary, comparable salaries for players of his caliber at his position, etc...one year deal to get back into the majors, fine. Throwing away 3 more years at well below market rate, too stupid even for the dumbest player.