05-08-2014, 10:51 AM
(05-08-2014, 09:39 AM)Cdawg Wrote: The risk is offering them fallback in the first place. regardless of it's 1 year or 2, that's the risk. if no one takes them that's their fault. Fleming will be a extra 12M to Washington's payroll, and that is the risk.
here is my question...what exactly is this trying to fix, or benefit? removing cash? making it a tough decision on us to decide should we comp him at A or B? I see it as an unnecessary fix to something that isn't really broke. it's like Burger King always trying to add something else to its burgers. Just gimme a hamburger hold the onion. I don't need onion rings and 4 patties and a christmas elf in my burger.
If you want to fix something, lets talk about being able to trade someone at the end of the file who is 1 year away. I should be allowed to extend someone and trade him if a trade gets done. It's done in the MLB, why not here. B/c it's against the sign and trade rule? How so, that rule is for teams in FA who pick up someone like Fleming, then try to dump him off for a 3rd round pick. I already own Player XYZ, If I want to extend him and trade him, how does that violate anything other than being a GM in real life?
What it fixes is that it won't/rarely allow so so players being offered offered Type A comp and getting a good early 30's overall pick for a player that isn't worth it, because of GM's (all of us GM's) taking advantage of the FA landscape in this league. Like I said, it's not a big risk right now, but if you have to offer 2 years, it's a much bigger risk. A lot of GM's would likely just extend the player or offer Type B, rather than take that risk. You say it's not broken, but I don't know how you can think that way, and this is just the beginning, other teams are going to pay attention how this unfolds in FA, and if those players get bids, you will see more of this.
Right now it's not a big enough risk for Washington or anyone. It's a pretty low risk right now with very high rewards (someone bidding on the player and you get a 30's overall pick for a so so 1B, that's what I call almost a no brainer!!!). I don't know how anyone can see it differently. In real life, you didn't see teams wanting to bid on Stephen Drew, because they didn't want to give up a pick. If it was same rules in MLB like it is here, Drew would have been signed way before now. Right now, teams in this league has cash, payroll space and willing to pay lots of money for so so guys, because of how average most FA classes are in this league.
I don't see how it's beneficial for the league to allow teams to be able to do this (and it's going to happen more, why wouldn't it?). Basically, you're going to have good teams just filter out players. They have enough of a revenue/cash in their system, they have a so so player, they know how the FA landscape is here, they say ok, I got another guy like him, I'll just offer him Type A, and likely get it, then I'll have a early pick and try to take a stud with it and the cycle continues. That's how teams continue to stay on top for as long as they are smart with their finances and drafting.
I'm not trying to say teams can't stay on top, nothing wrong with that, but to help stay on top because of taking advantage of the FA landscape and offering so so players Type A comp and getting it is atrocious for this league. This is not good, and don't know how anyone can think otherwise, but to each their own.