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Originally Posted by Dave Stieb II
LOL. Yes, this is a little different than you originally posted and not quite as appealing by hey, so what, that is the joy of learning the game.
I would bet my last dollar that he will opt out after the '24 season and then you are back into arbitration territory. So don't count on having him for that $1.6M you negotiated in the third year of the extension. If he performs anywhere near expecations, multiply that number by 5 as an early estimate.
The thing I can't figure out is this: In my save, he makes the $700K minimum in 2022 and 2023 and then is arbitration eligible in 24-25-26. (I posted the arb projections earlier)
Your salary page indicates he's now arbitration eligible through '27 in your game, and his pro service time and length of time on the secondary roster differs slightly from my save. I have no idea why this is and therefore can't really make an intelligent comment on what exactly has happened.
In other words, I'm not sure if you simply overpaid him slightly (from the minimum) for the first two years, after which he'll most assuredly opt out, or just what exactly is going on. I don't think he'd have been eligible for the minimum still in 2024 even in your save but that's what your salaries page APPEARS to indicate. He shouldn't have been, in which case you still made a cost saving deal even if/when he opts out.
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It looks like India is one of the few baseball players that didn't get screwed around on service time, since the Reds called him up for Opening Day 2021. In theory that means if at any point in 2022 or beyond he were to get optioned for about two weeks, the club would get an extra year of Arb control in 2027.