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I cannot think of one good reason the Yankees invited Preston Mattingly to camp except that it might be a good will gesture to Don who went away mad. Preston has not exactly torn the cover off the ball in 6 seasons of Single A ball.
It's not like he's hinting that he wants to hang them up or is trying to draw out the process to bring attention to himself ..... he's also not going around carrying a grudge against current/former teams
Keep in mind with him that it's a two way street ........ not only does he have to find a situation that is good for him, he needs to find a team that wants him
The guy has had some injuries and has some serious question marks about his ability to perform this year - let alone 2-3 years down the line.
From my understanding he is looking to get a deal that is near 3 years that would pay him pretty well ...... what is out there from good teams are pretty much 1 year deals or short deals with options that give them a lot of flexibility if he can't get it done anymore
I also think both sides are waiting a bit to see how his rehab goes and he can try and prove what he can do
It's not like you're reading about a half dozen teams beating down his door and aggressively trying to get him
Then throw in that many teams filled their big needs this year and next years pitching class is loaded (probably another reason why a 1 year deal wouldn't make him super pumped) - i understand why this one is taking a while
Can someone explain to me where the Nationals are getting all this money from? did Washington just incorporate the nationals into some public program and tax dollars are paying for their salaries?
Can someone explain to me where the Nationals are getting all this money from? did Washington just incorporate the nationals into some public program and tax dollars are paying for their salaries?
The team is owned by real estate giant Lerner Enterpises which is run by Ted Lerner who is said to be personally worth 3.5 billion. Lerner bought the team from its MLB caretakers in 2006 for 450 million dollars.
The public contribution was in the form of the DC residents getting raped for most of the financing for the new 600 million dollar stadium which Lerner gets to use to make money.
While the Werth signing made them look bad last season, I think in general these folks know what they are doing and are at least heading in the right direction. One of the first moves they made after Lerner took over was to lowball on their extention offer to Soriano, driving him to sign with the Cubs and become their Albatross. The Nats also seemed to have oraculated correctly on Adam Dunn's future, allowing him to walk away and sign with the White Sox.
While the price is high for Zimmerman, they have locked up what should be the most productive part of his career, ages 27 through 34. The upside is he becomes the club's George Brett, the downside is he becomes the club's Eric Chavez.
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