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02-10-2014, 09:06 PM | #1 |
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Arbitration question
Question for all of you: Is it possible to sign a guy to a lower arbitration number than his current contract figure?
I had a guy who I signed to a ridiculously high salary during his arbitration years. He's like a full-grown IFA type. I have the opportunity to offer him arbitration next year, and he's having a fine year but nowhere near the amount of money the arbitration calculator says. He's a good player but he's hardly a mission critical type. So could I possibly win a lower number in arbitration? |
02-11-2014, 12:57 PM | #2 |
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Probably not. I would offer him a two or three year deal and try to lowball him that way.
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02-11-2014, 01:29 PM | #3 |
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How much is his contract?
What is his estimated Arb award? |
02-11-2014, 01:32 PM | #4 |
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Pretty sure OOTP is set with MLB rule that the salary can't be dropped more than 20%, so you should be able to, but i never go the arbitration route, so not sure.
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02-11-2014, 05:58 PM | #5 |
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His contract is an obscene $15 million in a capped league where the cap is $110 million. He has a team option for $15 million which I can decline, which shouldn't make him a free agent.
He's demanding $18 million as an extension figure, which is hilarious since I don't want to pay him $15 million. He's not worth nearly that much except that my payroll even with him is only about $73 million. I was just hoping maybe I could drop it back closer to $12 million. |
02-11-2014, 06:14 PM | #6 | |
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02-11-2014, 06:23 PM | #7 |
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best solution is probably to Non-tender, and negotiate with him in FA.
and yes if you decline his option you will still own his right until arbitration day. My favorite so far was a player in same situation declining a player option, but he wasn't FA nor arbitration bound (less than 3 years). so he got guaranteed contract equal to prior year (which was less than the option) |
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02-11-2014, 07:42 PM | #9 |
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Thanks so far to everyone for all your advice.
His arbitration estimate is "just" $15.8 million. I figure the worst thing I can do by declining his option is getting him in arbitration for $15.8 million. I think it's mostly going to depend on what's in FA as to whether I cut the cord or not. |
02-11-2014, 07:50 PM | #10 |
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Well, if nothing else, hopefully you learned not to throw heaps of money at young players when they still have Arby years.
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02-13-2014, 10:44 AM | #12 |
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but this was an international FA, so many times you don't have a choice. I now just expect to be signing them for the first contract and hope they are good enough to warrant a QO (OOTP style) and get me a draft pick
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02-13-2014, 10:48 AM | #13 |
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02-13-2014, 01:54 PM | #14 |
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I'd try to trade him before he hits arbitration if you really don't want to pay him that cash.
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