Light the Hot Stove fires

And the offseason fun continues with Sarge Jr. cashing in with the Halos:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6198342?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49

5 years, 50 million. I gotta wonder if that contract is heavily loaded towards the front or something.

Huff has to be seeing dollar signs.

 

Matthews was a fifth OF not too long ago, now he's a $10 million/year player? The insanity continues.

 

This is ridiculous. The only way the Angels can spin this as good is by saying at least he is better than Juan Pierre.

 

Well, THAT he is.

 

Sadly enough, Matthews was never even better than Pierre until this past season. I think they just saw all the money flying around and had to get something. Plus, the Angels needed a center fielder.

I know a buddy of mine who loves the Angels was depressed about this today, and that was before it even became official.

 

Damn. I knew some team would be stupid enough to give Mathews that kind of money. Didn't think it'd be the Angels. Wow.

 

Now Coco Crisp's 3-year $15 million deal with an option looks like pure genius.

 

Lowballing Damon? Not so much.

To be fair, I also thought at the time that the Damon contract was bad at the time. I seem to have been wrong.

 

My. God.

And to think the Phils got rid of Abreu in large part because of his contract. Hell, even the dog-ass Burrell deal doesn't look so bad now.

 

All of the contracts we thought we'd never see again - Arod, Manny, Jeter - they would all do better on the open market. Stunning.

Will this last long enough for Cabrera to hit the market?

 

Are you talking about Jolbert Cabrera? I'm thinking he might get 3 years, 26 million in this market. The Orioles haven't been heard from yet.

 

I thought the money was fine on the Damon deal but I thought 4-years were one too many.

It turns out that the Damon deal was the height of fiscal responsibility by the Yankees. Who knew?