11-20-2009, 03:34 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Teams aren't exactly lining up to give Milty a multi-year contract. If you think Milton's agent was fielding 3-year (or even 2-year) deals from multiple teams, I don't know what to tell you.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, your scenario is far more likely. Jim Hendry, whose only job is to pay attention to the baseball market, KNEW the best offer out there was 2/13, but decided to tack on an additional 17 million and one more year, apparently just to piss off fans. Subsequently, no one in the Cubs organization raised their hand and mentioned that we were doubling the only other offer out there, because, well, I'm not sure why, but that is clearly what happened.
We know for certain that no one out there was willing to give him a 3 year deal because no baseball message boards have reported it.
Oh, and just to add to your logic, teams only had ONE chance to offer Milty a multi-year contract, and that was after he spent 2007 with a blown out knee and played in only 60 games. Interestingly, he did get a raise even after that.
Yeah, your scenario is far more likely. Jim Hendry, whose only job is to pay attention to the baseball market, KNEW the best offer out there was 2/13, but decided to tack on an additional 17 million and one more year, apparently just to piss off fans. Subsequently, no one in the Cubs organization raised their hand and mentioned that we were doubling the only other offer out there, because, well, I'm not sure why, but that is clearly what happened.
We know for certain that no one out there was willing to give him a 3 year deal because no baseball message boards have reported it.
Oh, and just to add to your logic, teams only had ONE chance to offer Milty a multi-year contract, and that was after he spent 2007 with a blown out knee and played in only 60 games. Interestingly, he did get a raise even after that.
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