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Old 05-02-2022, 07:19 AM   #18
Mat
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Originally Posted by progen View Post
I'm with you there. It does get frustrating. I usually play with a low market team, or an expansion team(Montreal), so I have to be cost savvy. When I offer a multi-year deal at more than his one year asking price, the player will respond with, like the money, but not number of years, then he'll ask for a one year deal for "more money." Maybe he feels, hey, if they have that kind of money, why not ask for more for one year, which does make some sense I guess.

Tripling his original asking price, or more maybe would get a deal done, but I don't have the money of a Dodgers or Red Sox team. I never tried that, but perhaps one time I will, just to see what happens.
I think it is a little disingenuous to offer decent arb eligible players long term contracts and expect them to take it?

If you want to lock a decent player to a long term contract you better chuck the kitchen sink at them yeah?
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