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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
It won't cost them the year of control - he's already been down the requisite number of days to miss his 6 full seasons of service time. Even if he never goes down again, the Royals will have him this season + 6 to follow (absent a non-tender).
The only difference this makes is that he'll be a super 2 eligible player and thus get 4 cracks at the arb apple instead of the usual 3. It could cost him a few million bucks but again - this is exactly the kind of player who usually extends early and that sort of service time consideration vanishes anyway.
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Yeah, arbitration is a big deal for the Royals and I'm not sure why bringing this guy up 2 weeks early is worth giving up the extra year of non-arb.