The eyes of the baseball world are squarely on Manny Ramirez. It seems like there is no other team out there that will acquire his services, but you never know when a team will have a change of heart and snatch him from the Dodgers.
My take is that the Dodgers are handling the situation well, and making Boras sweat for a change. No one will take Manny, fearing that he will "dog it" just like he did with the Red Sox, so the Dodgers are seemingly competing against themselves.
The Dodgers have given him two great contract offers. The first was $45 million for two years, with an option for a third, that would've made the contract worth $60 million. The other was the recent rejection of a one-year deal worth $25 million, which would've made him the 2nd highest paid player in MLB history, behind A-Fraud.
Let's hope Manny will be Manny and slap Bor-Ass just like A-Fraud did, and realize that this depressed economy will not give him the contract he envisioned. Let's face it, nobody wants to see Juan Pierre start in left field...NOBODY.
The question is: What should the Dodgers do...
- Give in to his demands and offer him a Four-to-Five multi-year deal worth $100 million?
- Continue to play hardball with the negotiations and hope that he eventually gives in to the Dodgers' intention to give him a 1-2 year deal with an option for a third?
- Forget about Ramirez and use all those millions to sign multiple players to fill in holes in their pitching staff and starting lineup? (Players like Adam Dunn, Orlando Hudson, & Ben Sheets for example)
5 comments:
Why don't we just get Obama to put a cap in his salary and force him to stay for $50,000 a year.
Oh wait, the MLB never took and bailout money. My bad!
I think Manny deserves the big money. Unlike K fraud , Manny actually shows up in the playoffs and plays well. Without Manny the Dodgers are not going anywhere for a while.Even if they get Adam Dunn,who strikes out more than half the time.Give him a three year 70 mil contract and enjoy the show. And don't worry Colleti you will get what you paid for.
hoping that he will resign but if he keeps playing chicken games, im down to move on give the money to dunn and for a #1 pitcher! No man is bigger than the team especially for a team in Los Angeles!
They have to get Manny back! Hes the reason I want to watch the Dodgers. Manny deserves a 3 year 70mill contract. Jamilio also said that if we need to we can move on. I love Manny but... their are always other options.
If the Dodgers wanna win, sign Manny no matter what.
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