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that's $25 mil a year. not chump change.

 

In!

 

Being able to opt out into the new CBA would've been a big advantage too. Where he was going to play was obviously a bigger deal to him than getting every last penny.

 

u dog- I wish I was him!

 

HOF CLASS ANNOUNCED IN 3 WEEKS!

Pudge, Manny and Vlad Guererro are first timers on the ballot. I think Manny a multiple failed drug user somehow gets a lot of votes!

I think Bagwell, Pudge, Guererro and sadly Raines gets in. I am against Raines as already stated.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/i...flight-and-then-it-got-awesome-155630472.html

awesome story. surprise naps wasn't flying in 1st class.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/l...rtist-renderings-of-the-rangers-new-ballpark/

i don't get how the rangers and braves are getting new stadiums when their current ones aren't that old to begin with. it's not like they're falling down in rubble.

 

Mariners trade Seth Smith to the Orioles for Yovani Gallardo ...

 

Royals trade Jarrod Dyson to the Mariners for Nate Karns...

 

Rasmus is a mystery! He won the NLCS MVP with a wicked hot streak and has decent HR power too. However his batting average stinks! it's under .250 and i think maybe under .230. Nice player to have, but gotta get that average up!

 

It's not really that much of a mystery...he's pretty much your classic toolsy outfielder. He just never made enough contact to translate the raw ability to productivity (except in the postseason, apparently). He's 30 years old now, he pretty much is what he is at this point...a league average player. He's a guy you'd be happy to have as your 4th outfielder, but wouldn't want him playing every day for you.

 

thanks to fantasy baseball, i am baffled of how low these batting averages are now. much like rasmus and mark trumbo and others. decent hr and rbi stats but bad batting averages. pu.

 

The game's just played differently now.

 

yeah u dog - they are grossly overpaid and produce less than deserve and put out! haha.

 

The only reason they're "grossly overpaid" is because we shovel $10B a year into the MLB tills.