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reignaado
Ah yes, Jose Bautista’s statement made me think about the Elixir of Life again, so much thanks.
reignaado
Also, who doesn’t love a good steak? I’m pretty sure most of us here love a good steak.
Gogerty
I am pretty sure none of us here will make $100MM over the next 4 years either.
mstrchef13
Neither will Bautista.
YourDaddy
But he will over the next 5 or 6. Gammons said that Bautista never asked for $150 million, but he did ask for an extension that included this year.
22222pete
Not many of us would deny ourselves eating one just to stay healthy.
Dock_Elvis
Bautista is the only player in recent memory that I can recall a major league broadcaster out and put accuse of using peds on air.
Niekro
It is kind of cute he thinks he is the only players who has ever taken these measures to try to age with grace, not saying it can’t work but guys like Hunter are the exception not the rule
Bobby Sweet
If he wants to keep his power into his 40s, he should call Barry Bonds. I don’t know what his secret was, but he might know a guy…
go_jays_go
I’m absolutely sure that tons of players do the same thing; I think Bautista is trying his best to create a positive spin on things by publicly announcing how he plans to stay in top shape for another 5 years.
Probably won’t work though.
Foreveryankees
Can’t stop the decline of bat speed.
22222pete
I remember that grand slam well, thinking at the time baseball is just scripted by some Hollywood writer. Wish him well.
Good luck to Bautista getting a 6 yr deal. Its not happening. Hopefully he took out a nice insurance policy in the event he gets injured this year. Even young guys get hurt.
sigurd 2
I don’t think he watched this offseason very well.
New Law Era
Proper diet, correct exercise, and proper maintenance DURING the season can definitely give Bautista the ability to push himself into his early 40s. The man is intelligent enough to figure it out and make it happen.
That being said, father time is creeping around the corner. I applaud him for believing in himself and his ability to assess his value at 6 years. Unfortunately, that will price him right out of the game.
Don’t see anything better than 4 years at 100MM. Even that is high for someone his age. It really is a shame he didn’t break out until late 2009. Had he done this earlier in his career, who knows what kind of numbers he would have put up and how much money he could have made.
sigurd 2
IF he has another Bautista-esque year, im calling 4/82MM.
Dock_Elvis
That’s so many players though. The flipside is a Mike Trout. Easy to project him as HOFer…but injuries happen. Brad Komminsk? Matt Nokes. Actually Eric Davis is a good case. If you go back and watch some old Reds broadcasts on game of the week….Scully and Garagiola rave over him just like Trout and Harper today.
jd396
Andruw Jones was on pace for all kinds of records. Stuff happens.
Dock_Elvis
Good example. Sometimes we view the age 26-31 window as prime…but some players hit that earlier and peak. The bat slows a touch and that’s it. Will Clark was a little like that. His early SF years he had that sweet swing and looked like a lock for 3,000 hits and a .300 career avg. Didn’t happen…he was still valuable…but the prime came up front.
Vinny Time
I’d like to explore the Halo logic in their current roster. Other than Trout and Richards… Just dreadful. Plain awful.
stormie
I applaud him for having the discipline and the drive to want to succeed into his 40’s, but it’s too much to expect a team to commit to that ride with you when history says it won’t happen. Asking for 6-years is quite unreasonable at his age, regardless of conditioning or drive. No one can completely stop time.
Dock_Elvis
It’s fully possible and happens that a 18-19 year old juco player adds 10mph. Those guys are also physically maturing…and in his case he moved to the pen where he could max effort. Saved a lot of guys…Wade Davis etc
CursedRangers
Upon first glance of his hat I thought it was a glowing middle finger…
Diablo 2
Hopefully Nava continues the amazing journey and does a great job for the Angels.