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El Gordo Hangout Grand Counsel

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This was in the rumors section as part of an article suggesting Cespedes to the Nationals might be an option if the price drops...mentioned the agents Upton & Cespedes are waiting on the O's.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that CD isn't likely to be signing elsewhere. If no one is offering them 150 M, they certainly aren't offering him that either.

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Number5 Hangout Grand Counsel

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He had an opt out that lowered it substantially. He got a 50 million guarantee to try to go make 80.

Everything I read said that other teams were talking in the range of 3/$39 with Kazmir. The Dodgers gave him 3/$48. They basically gave him the 4th year money he was looking for without the 4th year. Sorry, but I don't see how the opt-out clause lowered the amount he will get. In this case, the opt-out clause is just a petty bow the Dodgers threw on top of what was already the biggest offer, by far, to Kazmir. Frankly, I don't see Kazmir exercising the opt-out.

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thezeroes Major Leaguer Rising Star

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The Opt Outs are quite like the QO in that the ball resides in the players court when the decision is made. Matt Wieters and Scott Boras has an idea that Matt would not get the deal he was looking for with the type of AAV built in so they took the QO as a "Pillow Contract" without going through the Free Agency process. If Matt puts in a career year and proves he is healthy the Orioles will get the value of the contract back but if he stinks up the joint and is on the DL the Boras Client gets a good pay day before hitting the FA Market WITHOUT a QO.

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Machado13 Major Leaguer

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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that CD isn't likely to be signing elsewhere. If no one is offering them 150 M, they certainly aren't offering him that either.

Yeah, just following this it does seem like Boras is getting burned on Davis strategy. I don't think anyone but the Orioles offered $150M+ and now the Orioles look smart if they did in fact take that offer off the table.

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