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The reason I ask is because after we drafted Rutschman, you’re already hearing the old and tired “in five years he’ll be in pinstripes.” You get sick and tired of hearing that, but you really can’t argue against it because it’s a very real possibility. 

So since there’s no salary cap in baseball, why can’t they at least implement something that can at least give the small market teams a fighting chance to keep their best players? 

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6 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

The reason I ask is because after we drafted Rutschman, you’re already hearing the old and tired “in five years he’ll be in pinstripes.” You get sick and tired of hearing that, but you really can’t argue against it because it’s a very real possibility. 

So since there’s no salary cap in baseball, why can’t they at least implement something that can at least give the small market teams a fighting chance to keep their best players? 

Don't you hate it when huge market superteams like the Padres swoop in and steal our franchise player?

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1 minute ago, ORIOLE33 said:

To keep their players once they’ve become stars? 

Everyone can try to buy out arb years and free agency years by taking on a somewhat higher risk extension for younger players.  After a few months or a year the Orioles could certainly sign Rutschman to a 10 year deal.  Of course, if he's open to it.  

I'm guessing the MLBPA will not be in favor of giving up rights to free agency for the best players.  The current situation makes it so that some players who break in late don't get a choice in which team they play for until they're well into their 30s.

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10 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

The reason I ask is because after we drafted Rutschman, you’re already hearing the old and tired “in five years he’ll be in pinstripes.” You get sick and tired of hearing that, but you really can’t argue against it because it’s a very real possibility. 

So since there’s no salary cap in baseball, why can’t they at least implement something that can at least give the small market teams a fighting chance to keep their best players? 

I'm all in favor of your concept. But we already have this QO regime and comp picks, and now I'm hearing media complaints that the comp picks attached to Keuchel and Kimbral are somehow unfair and should be eliminated.  

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4 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Don't you hate it when huge market superteams like the Padres swoop in and steal our franchise player?

San Diego might not be NY, but it’s not exactly a small market

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2 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Everyone can try to buy out arb years and free agency years by taking on a somewhat higher risk extension for younger players.  After a few months or a year the Orioles could certainly sign Rutschman to a 10 year deal.  Of course, if he's open to it.  

I'm guessing the MLBPA will not be in favor of giving up rights to free agency for the best players.  The current situation makes it so that some players who break in late don't get a choice in which team they play for until they're well into their 30s.

Unless he’s a foreign player, no way a player is going to sign a 10 year contract before he reaches free agency. 

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17 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What did Trout sign both times?

Or Longoria.  You just have to make the incentives right.  With the current structure a guy makes $1.5M for his first three years, and far below market rates for years 3-6, none of it guaranteed for more than a year at a time.  If someone is a young star and you offer them something like 50% of market for his first six and $15M a year for the next four he'd be insane to not take it.

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17 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

If Adley does leave 8 years from now for a large market team, who cares? He is a catcher and most likely his best years will already be behind him. 

But in the old days before free agency you could keep a guy until you'd wrung every last hit out of him   And you still held his rights so you could force him to go to the Kansas City A's for a Grade D prospect.

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34 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure.  If they are proactive and don't waste money on bad contracts.

The Oklahoma City Thunder was able to resign their superstar Russell Westbrook to the largest contract in NBA history. The size of the OKC area is about 200,000 less than the Brewers. Do you think the Brewers would be able to sign a player to largest contract in MLB history? If they had drafted Mike Trout, would they have been able to offer him the same amount of money that the Angels did in order to keep him? 

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32 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What did Trout sign both times?

And Trout is in a big market. He knew damn well he was getting paid by the Angels. You think Manny would have given  up his free agency to sign a long term contract with the O’s 3 or 4 years ago?

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