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we haven't made the switch to 13 yet (doing it after this season) but it's pretty routine in our league for players to sign for less than what they initially wanted. We even had one player this year Joey Devine who was 33, with a history of injuries coming off 3 straight 200+ innings, and 200+ k's (2 years at 250+) and wanted 22 million per for 7 years from me as an extension the year before. He came into free agency requesting 23 for 7 which obviously nobody is going to pay into a pitchers age 40 season, and sat there for a while with some low ball offers. I had offered 40/4 and he said it was too low, but I knew he didn't have anything higher. I removed my offer for another offer and he ended up signing for 3 years, 11 million total. So just because they ask for something doesn't mean they're going to get it.
I do wish the game was smart enough that he didn't ask for 22 per from me when we have a 125 million cap and I had 15 million in space.
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