05-24-2014, 11:53 AM
(05-24-2014, 11:33 AM)Vertigo Wrote: FWIW, I would've offered Atterman the fallback even at 2/16. Because I have more than enough payroll flexibility even for a 2 yr deal. So to take what I felt was a decent chance of someone needing pitching enough to sign him, was easily worth the risk.
It wasn't the amount/length of the fallback that deemed the risk worth taking as much as it is what my current financial situation is.
You were in a situation where you have sooo much money that maybe you would offer it anyway just for the hell of it, but a lot of teams aren't in same boat. I guarantee that 2/16 will make a lot of GM's think twice about it, in fear of the risk getting severely burned. I know for me going forward, the 2/16 will not allow me the chance to offer the Atterman's of the world Type A fallback, but as it currently stands, I'll offer it and not think twice about it, even if I'm around my budget or a little over, because it's not a huge enough risk for me, when I could potentially get a 30's overall pick. The reward greatly outweighs the low risk. I don't know if Orioles would have offered it, and not sure if anyone would have went 2 years on haller, and again maybe someone would have, it's hard to tell. We would just be speculating at this point.
Maybe the 2/16 doesn't solve all the problems (nothing is ever going to solve everything) but I think it will greatly help, since not all the teams are in same shape that the Giants are. A lot of teams just couldn't offer 2/16 in that situation, unless the player was real good, maybe the Giants could have anyway, but you're always going to have some situations like this. Again, nothing will completely fix all of the problems.