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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
What I do care about is the message it sends to future draft picks. If i'm on the fence about signing with the Jays or re-entering the MLB draft, seeing them take a commodity like Sanchez down to minimum after he rejected their offer wouldn't sit well with me.
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They're not actually taking his salery down (The minimum was lower last year).
Really? Aaron Sanchez turning down a raise is going to cause someone to refuse the big bonus, risk getting drafted at a lower slot at the next eligibility, delay his entry into professional ranks (and in all probability the speed at which he starts earning an MLB salary)? All so that he can maybe sign with some other team who may or may not do the exact same thing? All that because Aaron Sanchez didn't take a raise that is a tiny percentage of his career earnings just to date?
Frankly, I hope the Jays don't draft that person because that person is so dumb that the dumbness is so pronounced that it'll eventually be reflected in on field performance... that or maybe you should stop chicken littling the situation because Scott Bores got all huffy about it.