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Carlton_Willey · 07-26-2009, 01:01 PM

Also, don't hesitate to buy out a star player's option years. For example, in 2010 I did a bit of negotiating with Jay Bruce to get him to sign a five year, 6.2 million contract starting in 2011--which would have been his first arbitration year.

He was having a good year, and after signing got blazing hot, finishing with 51 and 131 RBIs, barely missing the triple crown in average.

I shudder to think what arbitration would have done, as well as what he'd have been asking for the next season.

I did the same other young stars, all at five years and for only a mil or so over what they wanted for one year.

It looks like I'm set in Cincy for a few years.

07-26-2009, 01:01 PM	#6
Carlton_Willey Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 354	Also, don't hesitate to buy out a star player's option years. For example, in 2010 I did a bit of negotiating with Jay Bruce to get him to sign a five year, 6.2 million contract starting in 2011--which would have been his first arbitration year. He was having a good year, and after signing got blazing hot, finishing with 51 and 131 RBIs, barely missing the triple crown in average. I shudder to think what arbitration would have done, as well as what he'd have been asking for the next season. I did the same other young stars, all at five years and for only a mil or so over what they wanted for one year. It looks like I'm set in Cincy for a few years. __________________ Marilyn Monroe had gone off on a USO tour, and upon seeing DiMaggio again excitedly told him of her trip. "Joe, there were a hundred thousand people there and they were all cheering and clapping; you've never seen anything like it." "Yes, I have," DiMaggio responded.