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Marshall Auerback's avatar

All fair comments. I just wish they were prepared to go more for the Alex Anthopoulos route. I realuse that ownership has been more supportive of loosening the purse strings over the past few years, but I find it hard to believe they'll turn into the LA Dodgers North any time soon when it cones to paying out megs contracts for all 3: Vladdy, Bo, AND Manoah.

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Argos's avatar

My understanding was the incentive for the player to sign a long-term pre-FA extension was to manage risk - give up the possibility of a bigger payday in FA for the cash certainty in case of injury, underperformance, etc.

Does it still make sense for him to consider an extension with this contract in place? Does an extension have to increase the payout in what would have been his arb years beyond what he's currently guaranteed?

Or do you see the negotiation of an extension now becomes primarily about what the FA-buyout looks like and is basically just as likely (maybe easier, because the arb years have been sorted, if we're saying they don't need to be re-opened)?

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