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Old 12-16-2006, 05:34 PM   #304
CaramonLS
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Originally Posted by Saint Troy View Post
Thanks for backing me up Flambers. Caramon, Wells was going to get more next offseason, every baseball columnist writing a column on Wells basically took it for granted he was going to wait, and get a 20mill per year offer next FA. I know it's a rich market, but get used to it, teams aren't going to be rolling back salaries anytime soon. I know you can't stand Ricciardi, but Wells was an asset the Jays couldn't really afford to lose without getting back a can't miss arm, that wasn't going to happen, so good on the Jays brass for getting it done.
We'll see. Teams seem to be rolling in money this off season, I liken this season to what we saw last year in Hockey and Defensemen, such as Kubina for 5+.

Yes, baseball has a salary cap, but most of these teams can't keep up their current level of spending. We'll see another bit of a reverison just like we saw around the same era as the Delgado contract.

MLB can't afford to have 4-5 CFs making around that kind of money, which is what Wells did by signing that contract.
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