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To: JRI who wrote (210967)12/20/2002 3:38:01 PM
From: reaper  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
OT -- OK, now it makes a little more sense. Millwood is arbitration-eligible this season, and he projects to $10mm. there is nobody left in baseball who can take on a $10mm contract. frankly, i think its dumb to pay ANY pitcher (not named Pedro or Unit) that kind of money as pitchers are notoriously flaky (i.e. highly variable and un-predictable performance) relative to hitters.

that said, an arbitration contract is only 1 year; you'd have thunk that maybe the Braves would have kept him and then tried to deal him over the summer to a borderline contender (the Red Sox, for example, have a pretty good 2B prospect, Freddy Sanchez, and the Braves sooooo need a second-baseman) and maybe have gotten something better then.

man, the Phils better hope the economy gets better though, or there ain't no way they're gonna make payroll in 2 years.

i'd also note that the lower highs in baseball salaries is registering for the 2nd straight year (as predicted by somebody around here <g>). ARod (& Manny) top-ticked the market in 2000, Giambi was a step down, and Thome a bigger step down this year. will be interesting to see the value of baseball FRANCHISES start to compress (and see what THAT does to salaries....)

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