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Originally Posted by Zeth
I strongly prefer to trade away piles of unwanted players for $1 or whatever, if it's possible, rather than releasing them. Often the receiving team then releases them. But if you release a player he will NEVER sign with you again, even years later. And a time or two I've found a guy in free agency worth signing to fill out a minor league team, go to sign him and--whoops! "Sorry, I won't negotiate with you any longer."
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Yet I've re-signed players whom I had released in the past, sometimes the rather recent past. Not everyone holds grudges.