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       #Post#: 213845--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: Reb
       Date: March 18, 2015, 3:20 pm
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       --- Quote from: brjones link ---
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       > Boras has the power to get Bryant on the roster opening day.
       Just get him to sign a 7+ year deal at a reasonable price.
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       The problem there is that the market value of the 7th year
       depends on whether that year is a free agent eligible year or an
       arb eligible year--worth a lot more if it's a free agent
       eligible year.  So, you have a negotiating hurdle right there,
       aside from the other difficulties.
       #Post#: 213851--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: davep
       Date: March 18, 2015, 3:59 pm
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       The seventh year is almost certainly not going to be a free
       agent year, unless the rules are changed.
       #Post#: 213863--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: Reb
       Date: March 18, 2015, 4:43 pm
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       --- Quote from: davep link ---
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       > The seventh year is almost certainly not going to be a free
       agent year, unless the rules are changed.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       You misunderstand what I was trying to say.  The 7th year is
       2021 for Bryant.  For extension purposes, that will either be an
       arb year or a FA year, depending on what happens April 2015.
       #Post#: 213868--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: davep
       Date: March 18, 2015, 4:58 pm
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       I understood.  But I believe that 2021 is almost certainly going
       to be an arb year.  It will only be a free agent year if he
       breaks with the team in April, which does not seem likely at
       this point.  There isn't usually a strong incentive to contract
       out an arb this soon in a career, so if they were to enter into
       a long term contract this spring, it would almost have to be an
       8 year contract at least.
       #Post#: 213870--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: craig
       Date: March 18, 2015, 5:05 pm
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       Good grief, how many media articles and bleacher-bums posts per
       day do we need to have on this issue?  We get it.  There's a CBA
       that defines the rules, and it influences decisions.  Check.  We
       get it.
       The CBA lasts through 2016.
       #Post#: 213875--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: CurtOne
       Date: March 18, 2015, 5:16 pm
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       I don't understand how this CBA thing works.  Can someone
       explain it to me?
       #Post#: 213877--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: davep
       Date: March 18, 2015, 5:30 pm
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       What's a CBA?
       #Post#: 213879--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: JR
       Date: March 18, 2015, 5:35 pm
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       I think it's an old basketball league that Isiah Thomas burned
       to the ground, right?
  HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Basketball_Association
       #Post#: 213881--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: Reb
       Date: March 18, 2015, 5:45 pm
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       --- Quote from: craig link ---
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       > Good grief, how many media articles and bleacher-bums posts
       per day do we need to have on this issue?  We get it.  There's a
       CBA that defines the rules, and it influences decisions.  Check.
       We get it.
       >
       > The CBA lasts through 2016.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       For Craig:
  HTML http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/pdf/cba_english.pdf
       #Post#: 213882--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Today's Game - Spring Training 2015
   DIR By: Chris27
       Date: March 18, 2015, 5:55 pm
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       I haven't seen Craig this irritated since that rumor of Nic
       Jackson coming out of retirement was floated.
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