Something to note is that he has this contract in part because Raffy was willing to sign it / take a *slight* discount by signing it early. **This is not necessarily the norm and a lot of star players refuse to even consider this and just want to hit unrestricted free agency (Mookie was definitely one of these guys – he cited that he wanted to exceed Trout’s crazy contract).**
So many fans think that owners can just hold players down and force them to sign on the dotted line when in reality it’s been proven that the best way to maximize your earnings is to turn down any extension **that isn’t a huge overpay** and go to unrestricted free agency where every team in the league can bid on you. Just look at Xander. So many idiotic Red Sox fans blamed the FO for not being able to extend Xander to like a 6-year $175M deal a year earlier. I always wonder if those people just think Xander is a complete an utter moron who’d willingly leave $100M+ on the table. He already gave this team a hometown discount once, I would never expect him to do it twice – especially in his last opportunity to get a huge deal.
Glad Raffy is a lifer. I get being upset about Mookie leaving but if they’re going to give out a mega deal to one home grown player I am perfectly okay with it being Devers. Even if he’s a little worse than Mookie his age lines up more with this organization’s future.
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Something to note is that he has this contract in part because Raffy was willing to sign it / take a *slight* discount by signing it early. **This is not necessarily the norm and a lot of star players refuse to even consider this and just want to hit unrestricted free agency (Mookie was definitely one of these guys – he cited that he wanted to exceed Trout’s crazy contract).**
So many fans think that owners can just hold players down and force them to sign on the dotted line when in reality it’s been proven that the best way to maximize your earnings is to turn down any extension **that isn’t a huge overpay** and go to unrestricted free agency where every team in the league can bid on you. Just look at Xander. So many idiotic Red Sox fans blamed the FO for not being able to extend Xander to like a 6-year $175M deal a year earlier. I always wonder if those people just think Xander is a complete an utter moron who’d willingly leave $100M+ on the table. He already gave this team a hometown discount once, I would never expect him to do it twice – especially in his last opportunity to get a huge deal.
Glad Raffy is a lifer. I get being upset about Mookie leaving but if they’re going to give out a mega deal to one home grown player I am perfectly okay with it being Devers. Even if he’s a little worse than Mookie his age lines up more with this organization’s future.