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Originally Posted by RedHot25
7 mill? 6 mill? Are you guys nuts? It would have to be incentive based, for a mill or 2 for me...this isn't david wells of even 5 years ago...
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Originally Posted by RedHot25
Wells made 4 million last year...and I would say he would get that max, tops this year. I would, as I said, only offer him a couple of million on a one year deal.
http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...lls&player=674
In fact, you look at the last four years, he has been making approx. 2 - 4 million per year.
Also, just fyi, the most he has ever made in his career is 9 million in 2001 with the W. Sox...that seems a fair bit out of line with the rest, however. If you discard that year, he has apparently made a max of 5.5 million - with the Blue Jays nonetheless. |
I think with you guys you forgot to take into consideration this years pitching market. Guys like Lilly and Meche got $11M smackaroos! It would be prudent to lace it with incentives, but if the market is hot enough for him and if Riccardi wants him badly enough, giving out a base salary could be what could sway him to sign here. Perhaps the $7.5M I threw out was a bit much, but $6M in guaranteed money wouldn't surprise me and also IMO would be a worthwhile gamble (it would be nice if he could get a team option for picking up a second year at that price, but that may be pushing it).