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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
No A-Rodesqe contract for Beltran
Obligatory Beltran "news":
Although many industry sources believe he is essentially a lock to join the Yankees, people close to Beltran, 29, say the center fielder enjoyed his stint with the Astros enough to stay. The Cubs, Angels and Mets are showing interest, but nobody appears willing to give Beltran a 10-year, $200 million deal.
The article goes on to say that the Angels have "given indications they won't break the bank for Beltran". That would seem to clash with a report from Will Carroll (which I can no longer find), who claimed the Angels had offered Beltran a 5y/$100m contract some weeks ago. Take from it what you will.
UPDATE: From the same article:
"I think the key time (with Beltran) will be the winter meetings," said [Astros owner Drayton] McLane, who is prepared to go to those meetings in Anaheim from Dec. 10-13 if necessary. "When (the Rangers) signed Alex Rodriguez, that was the winter meetings in Dallas."
Could holding the winter meetings on home-turf be advantageous for the Angels? I doubt it, because the top free-agents aren't likely to follow their agents down here. Still, every advantage you can get...
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