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Old 04-02-2019, 12:20 PM   #149
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by SackAttack View Post
Acuna apparently on the verge of signing an 8 year extension with Atlanta.

The market is broken, and front offices/ownership broke it deliberately. This spate of extensions plays directly into their hands and undermines the free agent market.

You don't get this spate of ALL THE PLAYERS SIGN EXTENSIONS when the market is working the way it's supposed to.

LOL.

Acuna was making 560,000 this season, and was under contract through 2023. The new contract begins now, with an average value north of $12.5m annually.
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