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DarthMurph
2/16 is fair for Uehara given his age and past performance.
NOLASoxFan
Why would he sign for so little? The Sox are sure to offer him the qualifying offer worth something north of $14M. Yet another guy the Sox should have already locked up…
DarthMurph
14 million for one year is hardly a sure bet for a closer.
NOLASoxFan
They’d be absolute fools to not offer it to Uehara. Half the teams in baseball would be happy to pay him $14M on a one year deal. 4/$56M would be insane. 1/$14M seems like a pretty good bet.
Chris Koch
I’d agree in that teams would pay him 14mil to be their closer, but if he took a QO, Not a chance. 3/24mil deal maybe at that point is best I’d think he’d get. Losing your 1st rd pick for a Closer isn’t the brightest of ideas. When Washington did for Soriano it was a 3year deal on top of only giving up the very last pick in the 1st rd which 30th roughly is probably on a 35% chance of making the Majors.
basemonkey
Do you know how many closers get 10M or more in 2014? Answer: 3. Jim Johnson at 10M. Rafael Soriano at 11M. And, Papelbon at 14M, which is considered an immovable albatross contract.
basemonkey
Sorry but 14M is absurd for a closer.
Do you know how many closers get 10M or more in 2014? Answer: 3. Jim Johnson at 10M. Rafael Soriano at 11M. And, Papelbon at 14M, which is considered an immovable albatross contract. The fact is you can find pretty solid performance nowadays, esp. with all the 95+ mph arms out there! for around the league minimum.
Tim Williams
Twins should really consider trading Kurt Suzuki to the O’s. Also, Cashman definitely has to be pretty creative which I do credit him for doing so on the 2 trades he’s already made.
turn2
Boston might as well trade Koji, because it’s unlikely he’ll be back there next season. The Red Sox were lucky to get him in the first place, because His preferred team, the Orioles, didn’t show serious interest when he left Texas.
Uehara was crushed in the first place when the O’s traded him to the Rangers, because he loved Baltimore so much; so much, in fact, that he bought a house for his family in the Baltimore area.
Although Boston was good to him, his heart of hearts is still with the O’s, who should be expected to get first crack at him this offseason. The Red Sox will be a back up option, but no more.
BucknerRulz86
Looks like Tanaka is headed to TJS.