Post by Texas Rangers on Dec 9, 2020 8:01:47 GMT -5
150% seems reasonable. Keeps owners from just keeping the trouts of the world, makes for tougher decisions on marginal contracts, and rewards finding hidden gems in FA.
Post by New York Yankees on Dec 9, 2020 9:47:42 GMT -5
So in this scenario, the QO for expiring Rookie contracts would b $1.08M? That would pretty much guarantee a QO from all teams. And if Brew wanted to extend either Betts or Trout, it would only cost him $60M...ROFF!
Post by Minnesota Twins on Dec 9, 2020 9:54:21 GMT -5
yeah it makes rookie deal for stars 6 yrs, which may be what we want? OR mid relief turns closer and you get a super cheap closer. Definitely have to limit to 1 per team per year under this scenario
i think for Rookies there should be a set amount for the QO year. And If you decide to QO a rookie you cannot do an other player and vice versa. Does that makes sense??
I vote for Detroit's 150%. But I agree with Dodgers as well that an expiring rookie contract should be a set number like 5 Mil. Otherwise everyone's just gonna keep a very good or great player coming off rookie deal for little over a Mil in most cases. But if everyone's good with that, then so be it.
My comment was just my suggestion as to what a fair percentage would be. Maybe it’s too fair.
Perhaps the figure should be 200-300%. However, this will eliminate players with salary over 10M. Granted, if one has an option to extend Mike Trout beyond his current contract, there should be a “penalty” for extending him.
My comments and thoughts are just that. My goal is to help guide the league toward a resolution / adaptation, geared toward what the majority of managers would like to see happen. Even if my opinion is in the minority.
NYY, to your comment about expiring rookie contracts that get a QO, salary would be just over 1M. Well, isn’t this entire idea about making the best move for your team? Why wouldn’t you extend the best, cheapest expiring contract on your team? Why would you extend Aaron Nola at 21.5M to 32M?
150% on a 5M salary is 7.5M. 10M becomes 15M. If you increase it beyond 150%, you eliminate the top players from possibly being extended. You are better off throwing back a player into the FA auction and just bidding up on him to resign him versus using your QO.
We could do something like this.
Any player who’s salary was 2M or less, and receives a QO, his salary becomes 5M. Any player over 2M would be 150%. Just throwing numbers out there to illustrate the idea.
Post by New York Yankees on Dec 10, 2020 1:04:49 GMT -5
Nah, don’t like that last idea as someone making $720K would cost more than someone making $3M. Since it’s only 1 player per team for 1 year, let’s just keep it simple n have 1 increase of 150% for ANY 1 player.
