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tc66tc · 03-24-2015, 03:26 PM

I am new to the game (have played iootp a couple years) and looking for some help. I know it is a common practice for small market teams to try and buy out a players arbitration years to provide some cost certainty to the team.

The only way I have found to do this is to offer them a long contract before they ever reach the majors. Once I see their ratings start on an upward trend I try to get them to sign a 6 to 8 year deal. Long term it has worked well. It can be risky but I have found if I keep an eye on my roster I can trade them off when it looks like they might start to decline.

Do you guys have any other GM tips that can help?

Thanks

Also I am loving this game and the Owner Goals. I just finished 2017 with the Cubs and SP Jake Arrieta's contract just expired. He was costing me 8m a year and now wants 18m on a 7 year deal. No way I'm spending that when I have a solid stable of pitchers coming up, then my owner sets a goal for me to resign Arrieta this year! Oh the level of frustration this adds!

03-24-2015, 03:26 PM	#1
tc66tc Minors (Single A) Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 65	Buying out arbitration years.. any other tips for a newb? I am new to the game (have played iootp a couple years) and looking for some help. I know it is a common practice for small market teams to try and buy out a players arbitration years to provide some cost certainty to the team. The only way I have found to do this is to offer them a long contract before they ever reach the majors. Once I see their ratings start on an upward trend I try to get them to sign a 6 to 8 year deal. Long term it has worked well. It can be risky but I have found if I keep an eye on my roster I can trade them off when it looks like they might start to decline. Do you guys have any other GM tips that can help? Thanks Also I am loving this game and the Owner Goals. I just finished 2017 with the Cubs and SP Jake Arrieta's contract just expired. He was costing me 8m a year and now wants 18m on a 7 year deal. No way I'm spending that when I have a solid stable of pitchers coming up, then my owner sets a goal for me to resign Arrieta this year! Oh the level of frustration this adds!