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Originally Posted by BoomerSoonerAMH
The problem with artificially increasing service time to "fix" this for Tanaka is that it will bring them closer to 10/5 status. If The Yankees resign Tanaka to a 5 year deal (or longer), they won't be able to trade him with his approval after the 4th year because he'll have 10/5 status even though he would only have 9 years of real service time at the end of said 5 year deal.
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Yeah, it's not a perfect solution, but I think it's the better of the alternatives.