Yoda wrote: Useless to argue further. The guy doesn't understand that no one in his right mind would ever consider trading a 22-23 year old prospects making $300k for a 32 year old with a $60M price tag.
The only way Manny will be traded is if another team is looking to dump salary. I'm pretty sure his contract is backloaded also which means in today's market, the chances of Manny going anywhere for anyone is zero to none unless the Sox decide to pay him to play for another team. But since he is still performing at a high level, it's probably best for them to keep him rather than get rid of him.
noone ever accused anybody in baseball, and particularly owners, and of those particularly george steinbrenner, of being in their right mind. look at the chuck knoblauch trade: at the time, the 33rd highest-paid player in baseball. and given up, some touted prospects who, have faded a bit, but did have their moments in the sun. far longer than knobbie did, anyways.
and you said it yourself, since manny's still performing at a high level, it's best for them to keep him. exactly. my. point. they're not going to dump him for some shmuck.
but his contract is not backloaded: it's frontloaded. his salary is going to go down. maybe i should stop posting to those who are ill-informed.
You are still missing the point. The Sox CAN'T trade him even if they wanted to due to his contract. That makes him worthless in the eyes of 29 other teams.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." ~George Carlin
Matthias wrote: look at the chuck knoblauch trade: at the time, the 33rd highest-paid player in baseball. and given up, some touted prospects who, have faded a bit, but did have their moments in the sun. far longer than knobbie did, anyways.
Every time you post, you dig yourself into a deeper hole. Did the Yankees overpay for Chuck? Yes. The players he was traded for: Buchanan, Milton, C.Guzman and Danny Mota. When did any of those players have their moments in the sun? At least the Yanks won a few WS with Chuck on the team.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." ~George Carlin
Matthias wrote: look at the chuck knoblauch trade: at the time, the 33rd highest-paid player in baseball. and given up, some touted prospects who, have faded a bit, but did have their moments in the sun. far longer than knobbie did, anyways.
Every time you post, you dig yourself into a deeper hole. Did the Yankees overpay for Chuck? Yes. The players he was traded for: Buchanan, Milton, C.Guzman and Danny Mota. When did any of those players have their moments in the sun? At least the Yanks won a few WS with Chuck on the team.
Why does that trade even matter? Its got nothing to do with the topic.
Comparing the 33rd highest player to the 3rd or 4th doesn't work.
The Sox couldn't get anything for Manny other than some salary relief; that and his production amount to him going nowhere.
Manny for Nevin! We can afford Manny with Nevin gone and Hernandez gone this offseason. Wow would that be a great offensive spark; he's exactly what our offense needs. Now if only he can learn first-base and teach Nady to catch .
EDIT: The Red Sox would probably pay 5-8 million of the salary to get rid of Manny. That's what...15 million left? That's Nevin and Hernandez there. Well worth it, in my opinion.
If the sox were willing to pick up part of Manny's contract, say 7mil per year, it could be possible to move him for other quality players. That being said hes not going anywhere. The guy might not be able to stand the local press but ever watch him on the feild with the goofy clueless look on his face
he doesn't mind playing in boston, he just doesn't like spending time there
davidmarver wrote:Manny for Nevin! We can afford Manny with Nevin gone and Hernandez gone this offseason. Wow would that be a great offensive spark; he's exactly what our offense needs. Now if only he can learn first-base and teach Nady to catch .
EDIT: The Red Sox would probably pay 5-8 million of the salary to get rid of Manny. That's what...15 million left? That's Nevin and Hernandez there. Well worth it, in my opinion.
Yeah but that's just for one year and even then I don't see the Sox paying 7M for Manny to play elsewhere.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." ~George Carlin
ok, take this for what its worth, but steve phillips was on cold pizza giving possible manny trade scenerios. here are the three he came up with:
yanks get manny
sox get sheff anf gordon
dodgers get manny and bellhorn
sox get kent, odalis and werth
mets get manny
giants get zambrano
cubs get flloyd
drays get patterson
sox get alfonzo, rusch, baez and cameron
i doubt any of these are very likely and the last one is a joke but i think he was showing that a deal for manny is possible to do. also, after phillips was done with his segment woddy paige said he knew why he wasnt a gm anymore. ZING!!!
uucrook3d wrote:ok, take this for what its worth, but steve phillips was on cold pizza giving possible manny trade scenerios. here are the three he came up with:
yanks get manny sox get sheff anf gordon
dodgers get manny and bellhorn sox get kent, odalis and werth
mets get manny giants get zambrano cubs get flloyd drays get patterson sox get alfonzo, rusch, baez and cameron
i doubt any of these are very likely and the last one is a joke but i think he was showing that a deal for manny is possible to do. also, after phillips was done with his segment woddy paige said he knew why he wasnt a gm anymore. ZING!!!
pretty much sums it up.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." ~George Carlin
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