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Monday, November 28, 2005This can't be right...Joe's Corner reports that the Angels have offered Paul Konerko something around $65 million for 5 years. Is this even reasonable? I mean, it's completely ridiculous to think that when the "going rate" (read: projected top contract for a player) is around $52 million for four years on a guy that is near his mid-30s would get another year tacked on at the same price per year. If this happens, then the Angels are at least as stupid as the Blue Jays for taking on BJ Ryan at 5 years/$47 million and the White Sox for trading Aaron Rowand for Jim Thome.
(H/T: Rob) Comments:Angels are stupider if this goes thru. Konerko's most similar comp player: KENT HRBEK $65 million for Kent HRBEK? Now Big Joe is reporting that if the Angels are unable to sign Konerko there's already a deal in place to trade Kotchman for Mike Sweeney. Sweeney would become the full-time DH while Scoscia's butt-buddy Erstad would remain at first. Yikes. That's insane. Kotchman had the second best OPS on the team, is a pretty good 1B defensively, and is only 22. That would be against everything that has been Stoneman's philosphy. Either this Joe guy is on some sort of crack or the Angels front office has gone nuts. I'm not opposed to seeing Konerko in an Angels uniform. Yeah, this price seems a little steep. But, I think the Angels will be a much better team with him than without him. Stoneman can't just sit still and wait for the perfect deal like he did at last year's trade deadline. Why does Stoneman need to do anything this year? Sure the offense needs help, but it will be improved in distinct ways: 1) there is no way Finley gets 400 PAs with the way he hit last year...he either improves or doesn't play 2) Dallas will almost certainly provide a bigger bat out of 3rd base than the team had last year 3) Kotchman will get more at bats if he posts the same OPS as he did last year. The offense will likely get worse in the following way: Jeff Mathis/Jose Molina will not be able to replace Bengie's bat. In other words, the team does not have a need for a big bat for a single year that could hamstring it for the following 4 years. Stupidity seem to be spreading this off season. Owners have yet to realize that players don't improve just because you pay them more. Ryan had one good season and gets a 5 year contract based on that. YES!!! Konerko re-signed with the ChiSox! http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=5908 I don't know if I have ever been this happy about a player signing with another team. |
