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Ray Ray
“there are plenty of players who earned quite a bit more than they would have without the benefit of an early-career extension,”
Conversely, teams wasted quite a bit more money on unproductive players with some of these early-career extensions., with Jose Tabata being a prime example. Early career extensions are a huge gamble by the teams, sometimes they payoff big like Salvador Perez or Evan Longoria, but sometimes they don’t like with Jon Singleton.
baseballrat
You named 2, but what about the numerous 1st time free agent horrendous contracts that NEVER pan out. Early extensions are far better
ianthomasmalone
Exactly. The other risk with early extensions is that the team forfeits its ability to simply non-tender an unproductive player. Obviously it’s a risk worth taking in many instances, but it’s hardly a universal no brainer.
Mark 20
Am i the only one who thinks tabata earned his 6 year/15m extension? Thats just over 2m a year and his numbers indicate he was easily worth that.
johnj618
Yes, it is just you. Since sighning the extension, he has been worth 0.3 WAR. Absolutely horrible. They couldn’t even keep him on the MLB roster because he was a bad influence on Marte.
Monkey’s Uncle
Tabata’s numbers at first glance look good to many, but they are very, very deceiving. His power disappeared after his first Pirate season. He became a singles hitter with average speed, poor base running instincts, not a great eye at the plate, and just an OK glove. Worst of all, he is attitude stuck out like a sore thumb in an otherwise cohesive clubhouse. He wasn’t worth 2.5 million a year, and he DEFINITELY wasn’t worth a 6 year commitment.
baseballrat
Of course ANYONE could say that in hindsight. But when they gave him the deal they thought he was worth it. They signed him off of the “First” glance numbers