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Originally Posted by kobasew19
Just read up on the Sanchez situation. How does Atkins and Rogers not know that building some goodwill with a player, a star player in fact, is essential if they want to resign him long term down the road?!?!? Stop nickeling and diming our best starter last year so you can save what? $300k? At least try and pretend we can potentially sign Sanchez long term in a few years’ time.
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Oh Noez!1!1!! Agent is pissy about team renewing a players contract and not giving him a raise that they didn't have to...
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar...tract-20130302
... nowz no one willz sign with us everz!!!11!!!
http://www.si.com/mlb/strike-zone/20...year-extension
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This is how baseball teams operate. The don't have ELC's or RFA's like hockey does so instead you get cheap pre-arb deals subject to renewal and arb rights in lieu of restricted free agency. If Boras and Sanchez want more money upfront they can sit down with the Jays and discuss signing an extension that goes into some of his UFA years. Until then his contract get's renewed and then they negotiate (or go to arb on a yearly basis).