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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2989084, member: 2920"] Not sure if it's a "swing and miss" or if the Yanks' new smarter, more conservative financial approach. These aren't General Turtlenecks' Yankees anymore. The way the CBA is constructed today, teams build around surplus value. Teams extract far more surplus value out of younger players in their 5-year Renewal/Arb window. These mega long-term deals are more risk and all teams, including the Yanks, are more reluctant to hand them out...as they should be. Why give Harper $300M when they're paying Aaron Judge $600K/yr? Why pay Machado $300M when they are paying Andujar $600K/yr? Of course there is no guarantee as to who will reach free agency in future years. Agree there. And with two consecutive slow free agency periods, maybe that entices more players to lock themselves up. Maybe Arenado takes an extension offer this summer from Colorado. Maybe Rendon takes one from Washington. Maybe Sale, Cole, Verlander, etc do the same. Maybe they don't. That's completely up to the player. But it's also up to the clubs as to who they are willing to pay $200M-$300M...and if there is any hesitation whatsoever to give it to Machado and/or Harper then they absolutely shouldn't. Giving a player that kind of money has to be a complete and total no-brainer across the entire organization. [/QUOTE]