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Originally Posted by Viridel
And you would be exactly right IF the player didn't turn around and accept the exact same thing as he was asking for the first time. There's no good faith being presented, and he's not actually "feel(ing) valuable enough to get paid" for the simple reason that he is on no way sticking to his revised personal valuation.
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When you're negotiating with arbitration eligible players who, by definition, you have under your control for next year regardless of whether you choose to offer them an extension or not, it seems reasonable to expect the player to act like he has less leverage than you. He can't walk away. And you have to assume his agent is telling him that his expected contract in arbitration is about the same as your estimate.
(This is why, in real life, players and teams actually going to arbitration is the exception, rather than the rule.)
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Last edited by Cinnamon J. Scudworth; 03-29-2017 at 09:28 PM.
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