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Baseball Musings
November 23, 2006
High-Lee Paid

Carlos Lee appears to be headed for a big payday.

The Astros made an initial offer to Lee last week in excess of $12 million annually for no less than five years. They have since raised the offer into the five-year, $73 million range paid by the Chicago Cubs to retain third baseman Aramis Ramirez, according to a high-ranking National League official.

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One official with a team competing with the Astros for Lee's services said he has been led to believe there is at least one $90 million offer on the table.

I assume Theo Epstein's phone is ringing off the hook with teams that are dying to pay Manny Ramirez's $20 million a year. A-Rod is even starting to look cheap right now.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:28 AM | Free Agents | TrackBack (0)
Comments

The Yanks' portion of Arod's paycheck is shocking value in this market. Amazing. Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by: abe at November 23, 2006 11:24 AM

Where are the Phillies in the Carlos Lee Sweepstakes. At $12 Million a year and up to $90 Million on the table, what's Pat Gillick gonna do?

Posted by: Mark at November 23, 2006 02:16 PM

It gets even cheaper. Thanks to deferred money, the team for which Ramirez plays in 2007 will only be out $17M, same as Soriano.

Posted by: Paul A. at November 23, 2006 02:27 PM

I'm telling you, we haven't seen anything yet. Wait until the pitchers start to go. Everyone says that pitching wins championships right? Zito or Schmidt will set the bar and then watch out.

Posted by: Jason McAdams at November 23, 2006 02:43 PM

Way the hitters are getting signed Zito may top 18 mil per year.

Posted by: Wayne at November 23, 2006 03:10 PM

The Phillies are not interested in Carlos Lee. That was just something stirred up by the newspapers. It makes no sense for them to sign him [http://www.ballssticksstuff.com/2006/11/backup_plan.html]

Posted by: Tom G at November 23, 2006 08:43 PM

i would HAPPILY have traded lidge for manny and had us pay all of manny's money. that would have been a MUCH better deal than us getting stuck with carlos lard for 6 years

Posted by: lisa gray at November 25, 2006 04:22 PM
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