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I was about to start a thread about my offseason free agent frustration, but figure it's similar to this. I actually am generally pretty happy with the trading.
But right now, I'm in the offseason as the Yankees. Judge has been a beast, and is rated an 80 as a 30y/o. I spent the past few seasons trying to sign Judge to an extension, but he always wanted over $30m a year long-term. No way. I made several offers for like 5 years and AAV of like $28m+, no bites. So I offered him the QO, he declined.
He starts with a demand of like $32m/y for 8 years. I offer something like $29m/5 years, which is still crazy and making me nervous. He says no. Go through a few back and forths like that. Give him opt outs, add a 6th year, still not good enough, demands like $32m/y for 6 years.
Then suddenly, after just a few days of this, boom, he signs with Toronto for 6 years $25.6m/yr. Opt out at 4 years plus 6th year is a team option. What the hell? I'm still actively offering him more than that each day, and he suddenly takes the lower offer?
This has happened a few times over the past few seasons, and actually happened on the same exact 'day' with an international FA I was working on at the same time, who took a lower offer right after telling me my higher one wasn't high enough.
I know some guys will give a better deal to one team or another for various reasons, but in many of the cases I've seen, they settle for $5+m/yr less than they demand from me. It's fine once in a while, but is especially frustrating that it happens with players that have been stars for your team for 5 or 6 years, won titles, awards, etc,.
Just seems like something that needs tweaking so there's more back and forth somehow, feels cheap to get outbid by lower offers after literally 3-5 game days of negotiating.
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