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Old 05-15-2019, 05:47 PM   #2
LegalEagle80
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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No, that's kind of how it goes during the season, unfortunately. Sometimes I wish the players had agents reminding them that $40 million a year for a 1B in their 30s is borderline felony theft, but alas.

If a player is having a good year, they almost always want an insane amount of money. The only way to resign them at a reasonable extension is to wait until they hit free agency and drop their demand when they don't get any offers. The problem with that is that you risk losing the player because often there's zero sign they're close to a contract with another team, so one day you'll look and they're still demanding $40 million and literally a day or two later they've not only received an offer but also signed for $28 million. It's frustrating.

And on top of that, you risk angering them if you "lowball" them a few times in a row, so you basically have to make an offer, and then wait a day or two to make another offer so let them cool off if they're mad at you.

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