Would Taillon Consider An Extension
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:00 pm
Oh, I see. Thank makes sense. Thank you.
5F727F6E69786F2F2C1D0 wrote: For someone who was drafted in 2010, he has a long way to go until he's a free agent. I really don't understand those rules and how they calculate that service time.
A player is eligible for free agency after 6 years in MLB. It doesn't matter how long it took before he got to MLB. Taillon made his MLB debut in 2017 so his 6 years are 2017-2022 inclusively and is a FA in 2023. (Assuming of course he remains in MLB for those 6 years.)
Per Fangraphs, service time is calculated as such:
There are usually about 183 days in an MLB season, but a player can only earn a maximum of 172 days per year. That means if you’re on the roster for 178 days, you earn 172 days. If you’re on the roster for 183 days, you also earn 172 days. Not surprisingly, 172 days of service is equal to one year of service.
I think this is going to be the big battle in the next CBA. Under advanced stats evaluation methods, most players are negotiating their first free agency contract with a back end that puts them on the "wrong" side of thirty. Where teams are increasingly reluctant to pay big money for declining years.