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DaveKingman
posted 5/28/2008
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BrianDaubach7 Handing out big contracts when players are still under salary arbitration is the theme now, likely because players can now get totals like 10 million in arbitration. If a team can avoid paying their players that much, they should jump on the chance. However, there are times when the contract clearly doesn't work out. Hafner could be an example of that. It's risky, but sometimes it works out really well and saves a club some money..
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Fred9964 I agree with Jensen here (the article's author). There's no way you can give out a contract so early. It's far too risky and leaves far too much up in the air. You never know how good or bad a player's going to be when they're only 24 or 25. -
The Fantasy Sports Review I don't know, I think the reason we see these kind of contracts is so teams can plan ahead payroll wise. Instead of letting Hamilton go to arbitration every year and not really knowing how much he's going to make the next season, they can sign him to a long-term deal and know exactly how much he'll make for the length of that deal. I'm not necessarily saying I disagree with Jensen's argument, I just think this is something that has to be considered. -
DaveKingman Making deals like this doesn't make sense. Look at what the Reds did with Arroyo. They had a great thing going paying him for way undermarket. In terms of value, he was an exceptional player. As soon as they extended him and gave him a bigger salary, he became an average player.
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pepe frias I can't believe Texas is even talking about this so soon. Especially since they've got him locked until he's 31.
I don't agree with your point about him being a former drug addict. That's in his past.
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fantasybaseball Contracts are being thrown around left right and centre these days. This kid hasn't even finished one complete season yet and they're throwing big bucks at this guy? Absolutely ridiculous.
