fc2112 said:
Water Boy said:
Team control with Adolis works out perfectly for the Rangers. He won't be a FA until his age 34 season. I wonder if they work out a deal that works for both after this season. 5 for 75?
This wouldn't surprise me at all. One more year as a serf, then buy out Arb2 and Arb3. If they buy those out on a 5 year, he'll be FA at age 37. Good for Rangers to let him go on the downside and good for him to get paid sooner rather than later.
So, just for clarification... since we're having that discussion.
You probably already know this.
Serf is generally a term used for a player in their 1st 3 years. They get the league minimum and effectively, they are a serf making what they are told with no ability to negotiate. If the team wants to change that, it is up to the team.
Then, comes 3 years of Arb. Adolis is Arb1, meaning 1st year of arbitration. He has 2 more.
Overall, a team has 6 years of control on a player... 3 years of Serfdom and 3 years of Arb. Then they can become a FA. In the case of Lowe, his service time led to a 4th yr of Arb.
So, if the Rangers were to complete this Arb1 and then sign to a 5yr deal, it likely would be the final 2yrs of Arb plus 3 years of FA.
Teams will sometimes do that to leverage/extend control.
In the case of Martin Perez, when they bought out his Arb years, it included Serf years. The Rangers frontloaded a deal giving him more as a Serf in order to help him be able to afford to get his family out of Venezuela.
