To extend, or not to extend – that is the question.One part of my recent interview with Ned Colletti that I couldn't work into the main story was his thoughts about offering multiyear contracts to younger players before they become free agents. Here's what he had to say:Ric Tapia/Icon SMIAndre Ethier was arguably the only arbitration-eligible Dodger who didn't decline in 2010 after receiving a multiyear contract."You have to have some predictability to performance," Colletti said. "Usually, clubs gain a benefit from going multiyear, and it's got to be seen as that from the club's perspective, because you're not guaranteeing performance. All you're guaranteeing is the financial end of the equation."If the right situation presents itself, where the guy's
The pleasure and peril of multiyear contracts for the kids
Published February 14, 2011 at 7:35 AM
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