09-13-2018, 04:52 PM
(09-13-2018, 04:46 PM)mzylinski Wrote: The whole point of signing an extension is to get a good deal or a “Hometown” discount. I don’t thinking making it cost more to resign players makes sense. FA has been strong enough without unnecessary tweaks.
Let's compare a recent big FA signee, RP Brad Smith, with a 4 year extension player, RP Mitchell Meinhart
Brad Smith 4 years 22.5m
Mitchell Meinhart 4y 5.6m
I would think that if Meinhart signed a 4 year 7.5m extension, that is still a big "hometown" discount.
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