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Brad426
Just as I said in a different post to Tim: how can it be called an extension if the amount of time that the player is obligated to the team isn’t lengthened?
Take Votto as the example… yes, he was arbitration eligible in 2011, 2012, and 2013 but as long as the Reds wanted him he couldn’t go play for another team (or am I wrong about that?) So the contract he just got didn’t extend the amount of time he was contractually obligated to play for the Reds by a second, right?
CJ Montiel
Yes but now they can’t “non-tender” him. So it’s basically more of a risk for the club which is why the Votto deal looks so bad for the Reds.
You would think that since they’re guaranteeing those years to him, they would get some type of a discount and it doesn’t look like they did.
Janssen
Still baffled by that deal. It seems like the handed him a bucket-load of money for no real reason. Do they not understand how the process is supposed to work? Very strange signing.
Guest 7276
Its because they know that once he hits free agency, the only team he really wants to play for is the Blue Jays.
They are trying to butter him up so he’ll stay.
Gunner65
Keep dreaming
Guest 7275
Its not my dream, its Vottos! He told me.
Chip1010
Correct.
“Extension” might not be the best word, but it’s just the accepted term. And although a player is under team control for six years regardless, he doesn’t have a contract until they offer him one every year, and they’re only one-year deals. So, in a way, the player’s contract IS extended in that it’s guaranteed over the next x number of years instead of just one.
Brad426
Yeah, I guess I am quibbling over semantics, but the very definition of the word is “an ADDITIONAL period of time given one to meet an obligation” and in these examples there is no additional time.
But thanks for the reply.
Luis
Correct