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Originally Posted by old fat bald guy
Innnteresting. I didn't know about that rating.
Yeah, I'm definitely letting him try to play through it. He's 25. We're a small-market team and he's the one star player who has signed long-term instead of giving me the "not willing to talk until the last year of my contract" line that is the OOTP equivalent of "I think we should see other people."
He's my right fielder, and I'm pretty sure I'm losing my left fielder after this season, my second baseman after next season and my third baseman the year after that. This guy is the cornerstone.
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don't let that message dishearten you.... i don't recall a player ever negotiating before their last contract year.
he may still be willing to extend for cheaper than FA.... that really depends on your league, too. if you see players demand 40, and get low 20's... you know never to pay someone that much when you extend them because they can't get it in FA... know what's likely in FA and you can make easy decisions when you extend someone. letting someone hit FA can save you money in many instances. it's less certain than extending the guy, obviously... if it's only a couple million you may not want to risk it... but 5, 10+ million and it's worth it.
you definitely have to hitch yourself to a young stud in a small market when the opportunity arises.... i'd just wait for something closer to trout or cabrera than a 700-800ops type guy. then again, that might be top-end resutls in your league.. i am assuming more closer to 2016 defautls with 4900 hrs and such for the league totals.
i can find cheap obp guys... but cheap bombers K 200+ times a year or are so inconsistent batting that it becomes more about luck of when they accidentally hit a homerun and the rest of the time they are worthless. their weaknesses are that much more of a problem when relied about to produce rbi.