This is the flip side of the Kris Bryant - Scott Boras whine-a-thon. You don't like the agreement, next time, negotiate a better agreement. Next CBA negotiation, players give some on getting paid to sit out for things that would get most folks jettisoned from their job and players get some on this time-clock / tenure issue.
It's not like Kris Bryant, or generations of Bryants to follow are going to be wanting if he isn't the real deal. And it's not like Josh Hamilton would be hurting -- hell it might even help -- if some of these perverse incentives were not in place. He might have had the motivation he needs to stay on the wagon.
from Yahoo Sports:
C.J. Wilson calls Angels statement on Josh Hamilton 'kind of disheartening' | Big League Stew - Yahoo Sports:
Shortly after the league's announcement, Los Angeles Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto, who signed Hamilton to his five-year, $125 million contract in 2012, released a statement in reaction to the ruling, which to many came across as insensitive and petty and has since left many critical of the organization's conduct.'via Blog this'
In fact, according to Pedro Moura of the Orange County Register, many of Hamilton's teammates were left speechless yet undeniably affected when the statement played over the TV in the Angel Stadium weight room. Speechless, with the exception of C.J. Wilson, who has a friendship with Hamilton dating back to their time with the Texas Rangers.
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