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Originally Posted by SebC
The uncertainty around Huberdeau and Weegar is why Florida made this deal. If that uncertainty was reduced, Florida's offer most likely would've been smaller.
Tree's best chance at a home run was to make the trade at maximum uncertainty, then work to reduce the uncertainty after. And it's not really even that high-risk of a strategy, because if you want you can just flip the players as rentals.
Yep, but you don't really want your reputation amongst GMs to be the guy who always wins trades. If I'm in Tree's position, I might even stall an extension a bit just to let Zito save a bit of face. (The comment on how Florida's deal was "by far the best" is also something I might've avoided.) You want the league's other GMs to see the trade and the signing as separate events.
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Can they sign the extension but not announce it? Honest question.