Southcack77
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That only happened because they chose to extend him though, which I guess is your point. That teams with control have the option to extend him, thereby increasing his trade value? How often does that really happen though? How often has a team not made a trade at the deadline, decided to extend him, and then got more the next year because of the extension. I can't imagine that it happens very often. And in cases where it doesn't happen, that player's value goes down after the deadline.
Extending players with remaining control isn't that unusual. I guess extending relievers might be more unusual than the general case, but my immediate hunch would be that it more team than player driven. Something as volatile and having as limited a high end market as relievers would seem to have the incentive to lock up the money while they can.
I can't think of too many examples, but Kimbrell would certainly be one.
I guess my point would be: what's so special about Preller or San Diego and the Brad Hand situation that a smart GM should think he could replicate?