So, a couple of things:
- Can we fix this issue in OOTP 17 so the Os don't have to clean up a mess that's really not a mess?
- This might be one of the dumbest WBL rules ever. Blanks and Rocky both suggested those contracts based on the game logic and they were in line with extensions signed by actual MLB guys (Longoria comes to mind, though his first contract was way team friendly). It's not my fault the system itself doesn't recognize these HAVE friendly rules.
- I don't get why this is an issue at all. Take a look at my financials and you'll see there is no one on the books that's not an ARB case or a TO in two seasons (Hammer Harris is wasted money at this point, so ignore him). These kind of extensions are perfect for teams like mine (run by morons, HAVE NOTS for LIFE) and I don't see why, especially without COMPENSATION PICKS, we should be feeder teams for the HAVES.
- If we're going to have the five year first contract extension limit we need to bring back sandwich round comp picks. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that'll dilute an already diluted draft pool but you can't have teams with $200M budgets and teams with $100M budgets all vying for the same FAs and expect parity. My only suggestion would be if we did do comp picks after the 1st round make them where you can't trade them.