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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
The hard thing to see is what Jones thinks he's doing on his end.
KC won't go to the dollar amount he wants? OK. Your options are:
1) Go kick ass while clearing $20M in cash in a contract year (with a better supporting cast around you) and then cash in next season with a team that WILL give you what you want (either on a tag and trade or a straight FA walk, because the team can't REALLY afford to keep you on the tag).
2) Hold out of preseason, costing yourself about $2M, then go kick ass in a contract year after getting into shape. Probably costs you a little bit in what you get if your numbers are down, but not a LOT.
3) HAve a significant, protracted holdout. Come into the season mid-year, have to play your way into shape, and believe that you can make enough happen in the postseason to get the big deal you're seeking.
4) Sit out the whole year and not have your year of service time recognized. Get traded next year and hope some team is willing to give you the deal you want when you'll have 18 months between games.
How he is trending towards (3) is wild to me.
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The only way 3 remotely makes sense is if he thinks he can't replicate last season...has some type of body issue that he knows means his career is close to over, or legit cares about nothing but the money at this point and thinks his best days are behind him so playing could lower his value.