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Originally Posted by Parallex
Sounds like a good reason to never accept the offer the Mets make. Look, the players have zero leverage, it's an ELC in all but name. Let me ask you this... what did Sanchez get by saying no to the raise that the Jays didn't even need to make? The Jays have a formula they use to determine pre-arb salaries... I assume this is known amoung agents and players so why turn down more money knowing you get less? Because Bores wanted to complain about it to the media to get his other clients more money since other teams might rather pay the money then deal with Bores running his mouth.
Sorry, 100% agree with the Jays here. Boruscki was going to whine about you to the media regardless of whether you stuck to your business practices or not, why reward Sanchez for giving him the excuse to do so?
If Sanchez wants a raise more so then the Jays are prepared to offer then work out an extension in lieu of getting renewed. Don't reject the raise and send out your pit bull of an agent to whine about it. Really, if you're all that interested in getting a raise publically complaining about your employer ain't the usual way to go about it so there's some bad faith going on there as far as I'm concerned
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You are not getting it. The Jays were well within their rights to do what they did. This usually plays out by the player rejecting to show he's no happy, and than the team renews them at a little less than the offer. The Jays actually renewed Sanchez at LEAGUE MINIMUM. That's the insult.
Steve Phillips seems to agree with that.
http://www.tsn.ca/talent/jays-strate...ition-1.698521