Free Agency / Contract Extensions

sduffy · 01-29-2002, 07:22 PM

Is there any reason at all to extend a young player's contract that doesn't qualify for free agency yet? Would this help down the road with future negotiations, or would this just be wasting money? Similarly, some young players have threatened to walk on me at the end of the season (In the contract extension screen) even though I know they are not free agents yet. This doesn't seem to make sense to me.

Draft Dodger · 01-29-2002, 08:40 PM

it's a waste of money - if anything, a player with a negotiated (read: higher) contract will just demand that much more.

as for the player demanding more, even though he's not eligible? that bit me pretty hard before I realized what was up. gave some developing AAA pitcher 1,000,000 just because I didn't want to let him out on the market. little did I know, he had like 3 years before I had to do anything.

dasperp · 01-30-2002, 01:00 PM

will you be able to sign players to realistic extensions before their walk year in ootp4?

01-29-2002, 07:22 PM	#1
sduffy Bat Boy Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 8	Free Agency / Contract Extensions Is there any reason at all to extend a young player's contract that doesn't qualify for free agency yet? Would this help down the road with future negotiations, or would this just be wasting money? Similarly, some young players have threatened to walk on me at the end of the season (In the contract extension screen) even though I know they are not free agents yet. This doesn't seem to make sense to me.

01-29-2002, 08:40 PM	#2
Draft Dodger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: formerly of the OTBL Posts: 4,113	it's a waste of money - if anything, a player with a negotiated (read: higher) contract will just demand that much more. as for the player demanding more, even though he's not eligible? that bit me pretty hard before I realized what was up. gave some developing AAA pitcher 1,000,000 just because I didn't want to let him out on the market. little did I know, he had like 3 years before I had to do anything. __________________ Draft Dodger (Anarchy: Anything goes. The Draft Dodger viewpoint.) Sophmoric[sic] Member of the OOTP Boards (It's not OOTP; it's your computer) 15 GB Webhosting for $6.95 a month IMO we are best off abandoning that sinking ship that is Off Topic to the rats infesting it and just starting a whole new Baseball Forum from scratch.

01-30-2002, 01:00 PM	#3
dasperp Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 61	will you be able to sign players to realistic extensions before their walk year in ootp4?