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As a side note, in real life salary arbitration can be a very contentious process - the team has to literally argue why a player isn't worth what they player thinks they're worth, and that doesn't always sit well with the player. As a result, the vast majority of arbitration-eligible cases never actually go to arbitration because the teams negotiate contracts that essentially override arbitration. While these are often 1-year deals, sometimes teams will sign longer-term contracts that guarantee the player will never go to arbitration - for example, Chris Sale signed such a contract with the White Sox before the 2013 season started.
I'm not entirely sure if OOTP really takes this into account or if I'm imagining that it does, but I have always been under the impression that going to arbitration with players makes it harder to negotiate contract extensions with them down the line. Whether it does or doesn't, I almost always try to extend my arbitration-eligible players because it's more realistic.
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