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Dodgers sign Kazmir to 3 yr deal


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QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:44 PM)
I like it from a team's standpoint. You don't have to pay a guy in his possible declining years and not be tied up into bad money.

Yes. You get really motivated years, and an out for when they get older. The problem is,teams haven't used their built in escape clause, signed them to another long term deal and regretted it.

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QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:44 PM)
I like it from a team's standpoint. You don't have to pay a guy in his possible declining years and not be tied up into bad money.

 

IF he opts out. It is the worst of both worlds. A guy who outperforms you either have to pay more to, or let go. A guy who sucks, you are stuck with.

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QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:44 PM)
I like it from a team's standpoint. You don't have to pay a guy in his possible declining years and not be tied up into bad money.

 

It's an opt out for the player, not the team. If he sucks next year he won't opt out.

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QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:44 PM)
I like it from a team's standpoint. You don't have to pay a guy in his possible declining years and not be tied up into bad money.

Unless he underperforms and then doesn't opt out (Vernon Wells). Yes it can help out a team, like what happened with Belle and the Sox, but it still favors the player more than the team.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:46 PM)
IF he opts out. It is the worst of both worlds. A guy who outperforms you either have to pay more to, or let go. A guy who sucks, you are stuck with.

Ask the Yankees if they would have re-sgned ARod and CC Sabathia if they had a re do.

 

Even the Marlins were bragging about how they will never pay Stanton anywhere near $300 million. They fully expect him to opt out, and they will either trade him or let him walk.

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QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 02:46 PM)
Unless he underperforms and then doesn't opt out (Vernon Wells). Yes it can help out a team, like what happened with Belle and the Sox, but it still favors the player more than the team.

Technically yes. But unless you can't live without him, if he is opting out, you get productive years and let some other team pay him even more for the decline. The thing is, even without an opt out, you are going to have to guarantee what should be declining seasons. How many $16 million a year years does a guy like Kazmir have in him? It's probably less than 3. If the Dodgers get one, I'm sure they will be happy.

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