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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 2924763, member: 652"] The problem 90% of these FAs are that they want to get paid based on their past not future. That is because they become FAs in the 28-30 range and want long term contracts. Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Kuechel aren’t getting these long term contracts because they won’t be worth 15+ million in the mid 30s. Machado and Harper are only 26 so while I would never give a player a 10 year contract atleast those guys make some sense to give them too. Baseball should change FA rules. Players should become FAs after 4 years of service team. FA contracts however should be limited to 7 years max and put a rule that allows the team of the FA be able to give an 8th year to give them an advantage. If players got to FA earlier then the long term contracts would be safer. [/QUOTE]