He gets paid to write this?

[wannabegriffey]

https://sres.dallasnews.com/options.html?ERIGHTS_TARGET=http%3A%2F%2Frangersblog.dallasnews.com%2F2014%2F02%2Fshould-nelson-cruz-come-back-to-the-texas-rangers.html%2F%3Fnclick_check%3D1

evan grant says the rangers SHOULD pay Nelson Cruz the cheater MORE money than the $14,000,000 he turned down AND the rangers SHOULD set up the contract so there is not a QO next fall?

evan grant is a is a moron.

[Sharky]

Wow. That IS a dumb idea. Paying MORE than the qualifying offer? And not getting draft pick compensation? And then NOT making a qualifying offer? Wow. That's almost how the Wilpons run the mets!

(Sorry. Disgruntled mets fan)

[Moonlight J]

https://sres.dallasnews.com/options....lick_check%3D1

evan grant says the rangers SHOULD pay Nelson Cruz the cheater MORE money than the $14,000,000 he turned down AND the rangers SHOULD set up the contract so there is not a QO next fall?

evan grant is a is a moron.

They can't do that.

The only way they could is to trade Cruz during the season as that protects him from a Qualifying Offer. What he is proposing cannot be done in writing or orally.

One strategy, allowed under the old CBA, was to negotiate a clause into a free agent contract that stipulated the team could not offer arbitration after the season. This type of agreement is outlawed in the new CBA "whether implied or explicit, either orally or in writing," with potentially steep penalties. A bold agent could legally sidestep draft pick compensation in one way: convince the client to sit out the first two months of the season and sign after the June draft. Otherwise, the agent is left to explore the unlikely scenario of a sign-and-trade loophole.

[chancellor]

What Jason said is the key - he can't be qualified from a QO in this agreement.

But if it means the Rangers win five more games with Cruz in the lineup instead of not, paying him 15ish mil is cheap.