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Originally Posted by dingleberry
Royals only signed Holland to a one year deal so they can trade him at the all star break.
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He's an arbitration-eligible player with less than 6 years of service. Those guys almost NEVER get deals more than 1 year at a time unless they agree to sell us some free agent years.
Hosmer got a 1-year deal, too. So did Moose, etc. When Zimmer comes up, he'll be signed to 6 consecutive 1-year deals unless he agrees to give up free agency. There is no reason to give those young guys more than 1 year before they are eligible for free agency unless they agree to give up some free agent years. If any of those guys suffer some kind of career-ending injury or inexplicably began to suck really badly, we won't be on the hook more than just 2014. Salvy Perez on the other hand would be owed a lot of money if his knees suddenly blew up, because he agreed to give us some free agent years.
Thats one of the minor benefits of taking a Longoria-type deal as a young brand-new player, you know that if something horrible happens, you'll still get money for a while. If you want to go the Boras route of reaching free agency ASAP, then you gotta roll the dice 1 year at a time until your first 6 years are up.