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Originally Posted by Parallex
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). |
No, that's not how baseball operates, that's how the Blue Jays operate. This is a completely different animal than arbitration. If this is how baseball operates, why did the Cubs not take that approach with Bryant? How come the Mets didn't take the approach with Syndergaard? How come the Marlins didn't take that approach with Jose Fernandez? If it's common practice, why are we only hearing about it with Sanchez
The Jays have pissed off their star pitcher, and damaged their reputation once again over what? Chump change like a $100,000? This isn't signing Edwin to an 80M dollar contact or Price to a 225M dollar contract. This is essentially telling a guy who you are going to rely on for the next 3 years and will be plastering his face all over the country as the part of the core of the Jays to piss off. This is the one player who can make or break the Jays season and he willingly allowed himself to be sent to the minors last year at his own cost to benefit the team.
In 2020 we'll be getting the same sob story on Sanchez on how he just wanted too much and they tried, but honestly how can you expect anyone to be even willing to take one cent less to stay in Toronto when the ball is in their court when this how they get treated when it isn't?
I really don't see how anyone can defend this move. It's ridiculously shortsighted and looks bad on the organization, regardless of all of our thoughts on Boras and what a parasite he is.