extension error

edm · 02-29-2004, 11:56 AM

I have a 25 year old second baseman in his free agency year. His player comments are "I would like $9,020,000 for 7 years. I offer the $9,020,000 for 7 years.. he replies "I do not want so many years".... so I offer the same salary at 6 years.. "I do not want so many years". ok, so I offer $9,020,000 for 5 years. He then says "I want a longer contract! slowly I am getting impatient".

I think theres some serious miscommunication between this guy and his agent

btw, this is using the newest patch. anyone seen this happen before?

mlyons · 02-29-2004, 12:05 PM

I had the same thing happen with my young stud SP, who was in his final year of minimum salary. I wanted to avoid arbitration and lock him up long term, so I opened negotiations with him. He asked for $8.6 million for 6 years, so I offered him that, to which he replied, "I do not want so many years" just like your guy. He did take the same money for 5 years, though. What was really weird is that the extension disappeared a couple of months later. There was a record of it in the league transactions page, but he didn't show up in any of my team windows as having signed an extension. Luckily I noticed it in time to resign him to the same extension.

BTW, it now looks like I got a real bargain. He's nearing the end of the best season I've ever seen by a pitcher in the game. With a couple of weeks remaining in the regular season, he's an amazing 25-1 with an ERA under 2.00. And he's only 25!

02-29-2004, 11:56 AM	#1
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,999	player extension error I have a 25 year old second baseman in his free agency year. His player comments are "I would like $9,020,000 for 7 years. I offer the $9,020,000 for 7 years.. he replies "I do not want so many years".... so I offer the same salary at 6 years.. "I do not want so many years". ok, so I offer $9,020,000 for 5 years. He then says "I want a longer contract! slowly I am getting impatient". I think theres some serious miscommunication between this guy and his agent btw, this is using the newest patch. anyone seen this happen before? Last edited by edm; 02-29-2004 at 12:03 PM.

02-29-2004, 12:05 PM	#2
mlyons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,725	I had the same thing happen with my young stud SP, who was in his final year of minimum salary. I wanted to avoid arbitration and lock him up long term, so I opened negotiations with him. He asked for $8.6 million for 6 years, so I offered him that, to which he replied, "I do not want so many years" just like your guy. He did take the same money for 5 years, though. What was really weird is that the extension disappeared a couple of months later. There was a record of it in the league transactions page, but he didn't show up in any of my team windows as having signed an extension. Luckily I noticed it in time to resign him to the same extension. BTW, it now looks like I got a real bargain. He's nearing the end of the best season I've ever seen by a pitcher in the game. With a couple of weeks remaining in the regular season, he's an amazing 25-1 with an ERA under 2.00. And he's only 25! __________________ Things can always be worse.