RTTS Question - Negotiating Contract

[canucksss]

When a team gave you a contract, i did some bargaining for like 4 days and every day the exchanges were changed from 7 years down to 3 years, which i prefer at 1.3 M. I know that if I dont agree with their contract at the beginning of the season I will be forced to accept their deal.

Finally I got my 3 years but they offered 1.1 M/year "plus team option". I dont know what it means by that, is there a way I can check what is/are this/these option/s?

[Equinox831]

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I forget how The Show does it, but you either have a 2+1 or 3+1 contract. If it's 2+1 you're guaranteed your money for 2 years, but at the end of the 2nd season the team has the option to retain your services and give you the money for the 3rd season, or void the contract and cut ties with you entirely. Team options are commonly for younger guys that aren't really a sure thing, older players tend to look for player options so they can get out if the team isn't performing well.

[canucksss]

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I had multiple save right after the season, before going to contract negotiation. After much haggling....so far I have 2 separate offers (from different saved file). What do you think is a good offer?

1. 1.1M/yr x 3 years (with Team option)

2. 630K/yr x 1 year

I'll try again tonite and see what kind of offers I will get, I saved 4 files. Again, its just random offers. In my 1st offer, the team offered me with 7 years with less than a million a year. My player won the MVP and offered me long term with less than a million per. When I looked at the Marlins budget, it has 45M less than salary cap.

[Equinox831]

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Those two deals are interesting. I'm assuming this is after year 1 in RTTS and your stats are only going to dramatically improve. Take the 1 year deal and treat it as a "prove it" contract. You get 1 year to try to really lay it all out there and go nuts. If you perform really well, you can negotiate a big contract with the team. At that point it's important to line your contract up with when you're free from arbitration because you want to hit free agency while your value is at it's peak.

I used this strategy with my main RTTS guy and received a 6 year $60M contract after my 2nd professional year. Once I was able to hit the open market, I got another massive contract that was around $120M over 5 or 6 years. Money honestly means nothing in this mode, but it feels nice to wheel and deal and try to get as much as you can for yourself.

[canucksss]

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I am in the same thinking....the upcoming season is my "prove it". Yes this is my negotiation for this RTTS (as SP). The other offers were almost same as the #1 with different values and at times options are included.

Yea...how I wish the money can be used in the game....like buying stuffs like cars, houses (with property tax etc. ) charities etc. The only important thing about this money is when you retire, i think, it will say how much money you accumulated....and I dont know if there's a reward there like a trophy.

So you did finish your 6 years at 60M then after that you received multiple offers in FA? How long was your RTTS? You played what position? Thanks.

[Equinox831]

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So you did finish your 6 years at 60M then after that you received multiple offers in FA? How long was your RTTS? You played what position? Thanks.

Yup, I completed my arbitration years and then hit the open market. I wanted to return back to my original team (Blue Jays) because we had just won the World Series, but they were cheap and wouldn't give me the money I was looking for. After letting a few weeks past, some teams came and offered, but since I was curious how high they'd go I didn't accept any until the dollar amount went up. After about a month or so the Padres stepped up and offered me the $120M contract so I took it.

I'm still finishing up his career. If I recall correctly it's the year 2022 so he's 26 years old and well on his way to becoming the best 2B to ever play the game. It's all about bringing a championship to San Diego though.

[canucksss]

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I'm interested what happens if you go to FA. So after you finish your 1st contract, did ykr team offered you? Around what time you received the offer from Padres? How many teams offered you?

[Greencollarbaseball]

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Since contract money has no value in this game, I always sign for league minimum so the team I'm on can afford to get help around me. Nothing is less fun than making 25mil per year and playing for a last place team every year.

[Equinox831]

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I'm interested what happens if you go to FA. So after you finish your 1st contract, did ykr team offered you? Around what time you received the offer from Padres? How many teams offered you?

The way baseball free agency works is you have an arbitration period that you have to play out before you can be on the open market. You need to get 6 years of MLB service time before another team can bid for you, but until then your team has exclusive rights to negotiate with you.

If I'm not mistaken, the only way to speed this up is if you get traded, but I could be wrong. If you already know all of that I apologize.

My original team did attempt to sign me, but they low balled me. I received my offer from the Padres about a month into the free agency period. If I had to guess, I'd say around 8-12 teams sent an offer.