Extensions

[Eric (Guidopolis)]

For anyone who is drafted that has Arbitration years etc etc there could become a time that instead of Arbitration your player accepts an Extension. In the end it can still only add up to 6 years from the date of the draft.

You have the option of accepting that Extension for yourself or going forward treating that player as a Free Agent. Which means you can RFA the player, or just let the player go back into free agency.

This is only for players who are drafted in the MLB draft, not for anyone you pick up in free agency or anything along those lines.

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So if I had Gallo and I wanted to sign him long term even though he hasn't real life I can

[Eric (Guidopolis)]

Well with that check out the minors stuff, because he is still considered a minor leaguer. After he gets called up he will have 2 or 3 years under team control I believe it is, then arbitration starts. You would get his contract straight from the outset.

This actually happened already to Trine. Salvador Perez signed an extension after the draft. Trine gets him for the whole year at the price he drafted him, at the end of the year Trine can either keep Perez at the salary, decline it, which then Perez becomes a FA. At this point Trine could either RFA him or he could just let him go with no penalty. Hopefully that makes a little more sense.