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Originally Posted by simcrazy
Evan Longoria signed a contract extension with less than 28 days MLB service time.
That addresses your second question, but not your first, as Longoria obviously has never been on waivers.
To answer your first question, a player going through waivers and being able to be assigned to minor league camp increases that players value because of the flexibility. Also, if this is a year long process, what if the player clears waivers in April, destroys AAA pitching and now you want to sign him to a cheap deal in September for the next year or two? This is not a crazy scenario.
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If he's on your minor league team you have him for 7 years. After 4 or 5 he may be exposed in the rule 5 draft. No signing no negotiation needed, ever.
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