Gary Sheffield: 2008 - Detroit Tigers. 2009 - $400k: Take it away Mr. Hulse.
So let me get this straight….
If the Mets sign Sheffield for $400k and he sucks, they cut him and lose $400k.
If the Mets sign Sheffield for $400k and he finds the Wayback Machine (i.e: “flaxseed oil”) and hits like [...]
Johan Santana - 2008 salary - $19M. 2009 salary - $20M: There’s not much to say about Santana. There’s no bit of last year’s collapse on him short of the comic relief of giving up a grand slam to Felix Hernandez. Santana was a bad bullpen away from being 23-7 with [...]
K-Rod - 2008 - Los Angeles Angels. 2009 salary - $8.5M: The Mets are convinced the bullpen was the beginning and end of all last year’s problems. Never mind the fact that the team’s slugging percentage drops to .365 in innings 7-9 and that they couldn’t buy a run in the last three [...]
Fernando Tatis - 2008 salary - $560k. 2009 salary - $1.7M: Did you know that Fernando Tatis wanted to build a church for his home town in the Dominican Republic and the only way he could afford it was by returning to baseball? I do. In fact, I heard the inspiring, [...]
Daniel Murphy - 2008 - minors. 2009 salary $401k: Really, I would not want to be Daniel Murphy. The organization has essentially said “We don’t need Manny. We got Murphy.” Not a good place to be, really. Not for anyone. Murphy appeared in 49 games last season and got [...]
As always, salary info courtesy of the awesome Cot’s Baseball Contracts and stats courtesy of the awesomer Baseball Reference.
C - Brian Schneider: 2008 salary - $4.9M. 2009 salary - $4.9M. Walk year: One of my favorite, least talked about statistics from this past season. Mets pitchers with Schneider behind the plate: [...]
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