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Originally Posted by Phildo
there were rumors of sabean trading lincecum to the jays for rios. lol at this somehow being a fact.
also rowand kind of sucked last year but there is nothing wrong with his contract. it is certainly not inexcusably terrible. if you feel otherwise you are probably very ignorant about baseball.
adam dunn isn't worth ten million a year. he sucks at d, he's getting old and he will likely age horribly. he probably won't significantly outplay fred lewis (and there's very little chance he outplays winn), and he certainly won't outplay him enough to justify the difference in salary
so lemme get this right...a middle of the order power hitter who can get 30-35 homers isn't worth 10 mil a year, but grit and heart and an OBSCENELY overrated glove is worth 12?
that contract is a ****ing albatross. "kind of sucked" is an absolute understatement. you say that as if 12 million is the standard going rate for a mediocre player. if you're paying your #6 hitter 10 mil, you're doing it wrong. ya, he had that neat little heater where he was hitting .340 by june, but he ended up with a .270 average. he's a garbage power hitter who can hit .260-.280 realistically, and he's a decent fielder. he's a nice piece to have as a supplement to the lineup, but he was signed on the assumption that the lineup would be built around him...if you're going to say i'm ignorant because i think 12 mil is overpaying him, lol
edit: i'd much rather have dunn for 20/2 than rowand for 60/5. i have no idea how you can ever justify that contract