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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
What team wouldnt want him at the right price? In the end only two teams were willing to hand him the deal he received. It appears the rest of the market felt the price was too steep. This contract is no different than the Bryzgalov one in that it was simply far too much money and term for a good but not great player.
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1) You don't know that. It sounds like Richards was set on NYR and was willing to take a slight discount to go there.
2) I don't any of the other serious offers were far off what he ended up with. At most they'd be a million less a season or 2-3 years less. Either way, they'd all be relatively long term contracts, that would be in similar in nature to what Richards got.
To criticize Feaster for taking a shot on Richards is ridiculous. Every GM who could did the same thing. All the analysts said he was worth it too. Richards was universally described as one of the hottest commodities to ever reach free agency. With his style of game, he was predicted to play at top form for many years to come. It didn't happen that way. No one can predict the future.