Signing an arbitration player

[rem]

In my online league, I'm at arbitration time. The player asked for a contract, I met his demand. Do I have to tender him a contract too, to keep him long enough for him to accept the multi-year deal? If tender him the one year deal, do I risk him taking it instead of the multi-year one?

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by remangiii

In my online league, I'm at arbitration time. The player asked for a contract, I met his demand. Do I have to tender him a contract too, to keep him long enough for him to accept the multi-year deal? If tender him the one year deal, do I risk him taking it instead of the multi-year one?

If you offer a player a contract extension at that stage, you are really pressing your luck at running out of time. There are times when a player won't decide on your offer until free agency hits and then he is available to everyone.

If you choose to not offer him arbitration, then he will instantly become a free agent on that day instead, which cuts your time shorter for him to decide (not a good thing).

You are likely best off to offer him the arbitration and hope he accepts your deal before it. Chances are he will decline arbitration however, but you have bought yourself a few more days for him to decide just in case.

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by remangiii

In my online league, I'm at arbitration time. The player asked for a contract, I met his demand. Do I have to tender him a contract too, to keep him long enough for him to accept the multi-year deal? If tender him the one year deal, do I risk him taking it instead of the multi-year one?

This doesn't make sense - he asked for a contract and you met his demand. Then you're asking if you have to tender him a contract. Huh? You just said you gave him one.

If you mean do you have to offer arbitration, no. Why would you if you gave him what he asked for in a contract.

[Bluenoser]

Originally Posted by Alan T

If you offer a player a contract extension at that stage, you are really pressing your luck at running out of time. There are times when a player won't decide on your offer until free agency hits and then he is available to everyone.

If you choose to not offer him arbitration, then he will instantly become a free agent on that day instead, which cuts your time shorter for him to decide (not a good thing).

You are likely best off to offer him the arbitration and hope he accepts your deal before it. Chances are he will decline arbitration however, but you have bought yourself a few more days for him to decide just in case.

The chances of a player declining the arbitration offer are the same as he'll accept, 50/50. Depends if you're trying to lowball him, etc.

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by BruceM

The chances of a player declining the arbitration offer are the same as he'll accept, 50/50. Depends if you're trying to lowball him, etc.

When it is a pending free agent, you don't have the option to lowball them. It is just a fixed amount and a checkbox to offer it to them or not. Pending free agents have a much higher rate of turning down arbitration in the game.

[rem]

Originally Posted by BruceM

This doesn't make sense - he asked for a contract and you met his demand.

I don't think the sim goes past the arbitration processing. In other words, he may not accept the offer before the deadline.

[rem]

He signed it.