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Guys,I was thinking about some of the big names whose contracts will expire after the 2010 season like Lincecum, Pujols, Fielder, and Hamilton. Unless I'm missing something, we can MAXIMUM lengths for their contracts if their are extended in the off-season, but we don't seem to have MINIMUM lengths. For example, the way the rules currently read, Pujols could be re-signed indefinitely to a series of 1 year contracts. That doesn't seem realistic, because the last big name free agent I can remember that signed multiple 1 year contracts was Roger Clemens, and he was old. IF I haven't missed something in the current rules, I would propose something like the following in terms of MINIMUM contract lengths:20m+ 5 years16-20 4 years11-15 3 years5-10 2 yearsRoy
Seems like a solid idea, but I want to clarify something:Say I land a guy for $5m in free agency, but I only want him for one year. I know I could get him for 2 @ 2.5m, but say I'm making a playoff push and I have the cash to spend for a one and done. Cannot I do a 1 year, $5m contract then?A way to skirt this could be to only allow minimums during the off-season, but that still doesn't stop a guy from resigning Pujols year-to-year, correct?I know this won't happen often (signing a player for $5m+ for only 1 year), but it can very well come around often enough to warrant attention.
Jake,My understanding of this is that this is meant for re-signing/extending contracts of players so that they do not test the FA waters. Since you would be the winning bid in Free Agency, I don't think the same rules would apply. ~MTK