[Kos13]

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kos you can argue all you want that accepting a five-year offer from the sox is dumb on cabrera's part, but it's very common and there's no reason to think he wouldn't be willing to listen to the offer, so it's kind of a moot point. players do it all the time. clearly most agents and GM's in baseball disagree with you (as well as kyleb) so i am going to go with them here.

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I cannot think of a single player who has ever bought out three years of free agency so he could hit the market at 30 instead of hitting it at 27.

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Didn't Beckett just sign an extension that has him hitting FA at 31 instead of 28? Or something roughly in that area? It happens a lot.

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I thought Beckett was only 26, not almost 28...I guess he hits the market at 30, so that counts. But still, these deals are extremely rare. Most players either look to hit the market ASAP or get locked up when it's available so they have security.