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Im 50/50 with you on this Howe. The 60day window I like. Now if we think it should be shorter thats one thing, but we need this rule. It prevents owners like me who have the Yanks of signing a guy I dont want simply because the Padres want him and send me an offer saying hey, ill send you these 3 for michael young if you sign him......That would not be good for the league. So that rule I agree with.Draft Picks are a different story. I think it would help smaller clubs out tremendously. Prime example is the Mets. Green did a good job bringing in draft picks. If i remember right that franchise had 3 first rounders, and drafted 3 very good specs. I understand we cant trade because of trying to make the league as real as possible so I understand why but it would be helpful to be able to trade them.
I don't get it. The 60 day rule makes sense if the bidding window is 5 minutes and teams constantly miss players they want to sign. Teams have 72 hours to decide whether they want to sign a player or not.
The other side of this is that MLB teams don't sign players and turn around and trade them - players wouldn't sign with a team they thought might immediately trade them, they sign somewhere they want to play at least the remainder of the season if not long-term.
So, why is it OK to trade a player multiples time during the year? And, why is it OK to sign/drop prospects without penalties? We got to draw the line on realism somewhere...
Good point - we always have to add the ability to turn a franchise around quickly with that of having fun and being realistic.
How is trading Chone Figgins multiple times during a year (to the same team too!) realistic but signing and trading players within the first 60 day not realistic?