Allow Extenstions to 3 year players

[mattynokes]

If I remember - DJ said we can already do that. I think Scott was referring to non-agent qualifying players.

I think Matty is saying have an agent for players below 90 that you want to extend if they have 3 years.

Yes. Here's two examples from my team.

CF Tim Wheeler

For example purposes I'll say that he's gotten full playing time starting in 2015, since he probably should have. By the end of this season that would likely put him roughly at a .245/.320/.450 over that stretch.

He's clearly not star, but he's well-round and I think as long as I wouldn't low ball him, then he could benefit from being signed to multiple seasons rather than just one through arbitration. Usually players starting arbitration won't be as old as Wheeler, so that would be another plus for my argument as he likely isn't going to improve his value much by going through arbitration.

So for what that means to me and what Wheeler is, is that I'd say he's a borderline case since he actually hasn't been given full-time duties for very long, but I'd think as long as I'm paying him a solid wage then he'd be signable.

1B Nick Trudeau

He'd be one that I'd expect the agents to come back and say "no" to. Why? He's at normal age for entering arbitration, so I couldn't play the age angle. He also hasn't ever been given an opportunity to start full-time for a full season.

If he's let to be signed long-term it's possible that he'd be given a shot at starting full-time, but at the first sign of trouble he may be benched since his salary probably wouldn't be too high. Whereas there may be a team out there that loves his power potential and would be willing to give him a shot at starting. If he'd have to stay on the arbitration clock it's likely he'd be non-tendered after a bad year.