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Originally Posted by phillosopherp
Yeah that is another consideration. That is why I usually don't hit with anything more then a 6 or 7 year deal, and the last year is always a team option. If you start to see a slide early start the trade process early. Of course if the team is full of big contracts that is another problem so it is always dependent on other issues.
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Given that the ratings seem to be fickle and can fluctuate quite a bit year to year, I am loathe to give a young star a 6-7 year deal. I might go five tops, but not 7 years. I inherited the Padres when I started my league and simmed ahead a few years and took over in 2012, and I saw that they gave 1 star SS Khalil Greene an 11MIL/year contract, which I thankfully was able to move to another team (3B Adrian Beltre, making 15MIL/year, but this is the last year of his deal).