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Originally Posted by LegalEagle80
I don't think it should work that way though. In real life, almost certainly the player would sign a long-term deal only if it allowed them to bypass the arbitration process. Otherwise there's no real reason for an opt-out if they were still under team control.
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Puig had a similar, but not exact situation.
His original deal ended one year before his arbitration did.
I think this is a fine deal for Guerrero.
He guaranteed himself millions of dollars instead of going year to year. He can still opt out and test free agency and might make more through arbitration than what he signed for. Which seems like the most likely outcome.
The team, who knows he's likely to opt-out puts the opt out a year earlier as a small attempt to keep him from opting out because he has to play that year before hitting free agency.