Why Edgar shouldn't be a GM...
I had to laugh when I read the PI's comments from 'Gar on Delgado- link
"If anyone could come to Safeco and do well, Carlos could."
I've been saying for the past two months I think there is a very good chance Deglado will be an M next season. I don't necessarily want him to be an M, since I think his best days are behind him. The only way Edgar is correct depends on the price tag.
John Hickey has a funny comment on the possible cost of signing Delgado. Noting that he is making $19 million this year, Hickey says-
"He might have to take a 25 percent cut, or more based on baseball's current economics and his off year in 2004 (.249 with 24 homers and 76 RBIs after an 0-for-5 game last night)."
Might have to take 25%?! Oh, he'll be taking more than a 25% cut, that much we know. Unless there is another Tom Hicks lurking out there, only an idiot would pay Delgado even $10 million a year. If that is what the price turns out to be, I hope the M's stay FAR away.
I would be willing to consider Delgado if we are talking Mike Cameron money or less, but nothing even close to double-digits is acceptable.
No, I take that back. I don't even want Cameron money for Delgado. At the end of that contract he'll be 36 with bad knees. How is that helping the M's?
Amazing that Carlos Delgado is making almost $20 million this year- amazing and sad that is. I sure hope Bavasi realizes a 33 year old who is hardly going to be motivated to play after taking at least a 50% pay cut is not the direction the M's need to moving toward.
But like Edgar, I think there is a good chance he ends up here anyway.
Why?
Because the M's will want to make a splash in free agency, and names like Beltre and Beltran are realistically not coming to Seattle. Beltre will more than likley sign with the Dodgers, and Beltran is going to the Yankees. As we move down the list of free agents, how many want to come to 100-loss Seattle?
Delgado will not be re-signed by the Blue Jays, so he is available and is a big enough name that a bad GM might think he can spin it to the fans as the power bat we've always wanted.
Then again, maybe Edgar is GM material after all...
I had to laugh when I read the PI's comments from 'Gar on Delgado- link
"If anyone could come to Safeco and do well, Carlos could."
I've been saying for the past two months I think there is a very good chance Deglado will be an M next season. I don't necessarily want him to be an M, since I think his best days are behind him. The only way Edgar is correct depends on the price tag.
John Hickey has a funny comment on the possible cost of signing Delgado. Noting that he is making $19 million this year, Hickey says-
"He might have to take a 25 percent cut, or more based on baseball's current economics and his off year in 2004 (.249 with 24 homers and 76 RBIs after an 0-for-5 game last night)."
Might have to take 25%?! Oh, he'll be taking more than a 25% cut, that much we know. Unless there is another Tom Hicks lurking out there, only an idiot would pay Delgado even $10 million a year. If that is what the price turns out to be, I hope the M's stay FAR away.
I would be willing to consider Delgado if we are talking Mike Cameron money or less, but nothing even close to double-digits is acceptable.
No, I take that back. I don't even want Cameron money for Delgado. At the end of that contract he'll be 36 with bad knees. How is that helping the M's?
Amazing that Carlos Delgado is making almost $20 million this year- amazing and sad that is. I sure hope Bavasi realizes a 33 year old who is hardly going to be motivated to play after taking at least a 50% pay cut is not the direction the M's need to moving toward.
But like Edgar, I think there is a good chance he ends up here anyway.
Why?
Because the M's will want to make a splash in free agency, and names like Beltre and Beltran are realistically not coming to Seattle. Beltre will more than likley sign with the Dodgers, and Beltran is going to the Yankees. As we move down the list of free agents, how many want to come to 100-loss Seattle?
Delgado will not be re-signed by the Blue Jays, so he is available and is a big enough name that a bad GM might think he can spin it to the fans as the power bat we've always wanted.
Then again, maybe Edgar is GM material after all...
posted by Tom at
10:44 AM
