For all those who hoped we would sign him this off-season, you can put those hopes to rest.
The Twins picked up his 12M option today, so he's off the market.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
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For all those who hoped we would sign him this off-season, you can put those hopes to rest.
The Twins picked up his 12M option today, so he's off the market.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
Unless you want to trade for him. The Twins picked up his $12 million option for the 2007 season.
http://sportsline.com/mlb/story/9718407
Sorry I guess dburke beat me to it by a minute.
is $12M overpaying Hunter?
Probably but I suspect the Twins looked at the situation and realized
1) There is no internal replacement
2) with $12M for one year they couldn't get as good as an external replacement
3) In the generally inflated free agent market you get a much lower return on your dollar
I wonder how much Matthews Jr. will get? He made $2.3M this year, seems like a bargain compared to Hunter:
Matthews Jr. (32) 147 G, 620 AB, 102 R, 194 H, 44 2B, 6 3B, 19 HR, 79 RBI, 58 BB/99 K 10 SB/7 CS
.313 avg/.371 oba/.495 slg/.866 ops
Hunter MIN (31) 147 G, 557 AB, 86 R, 155 H, 21 2B, 2 3B, 31 HR, 98 RBI, 45BB/108 K, 12 SB/6 CS
.278 avg/.336 oba/.490 slg/.826 ops
I'd take Matthews...
I'd take Deno, both of these guys are north of 30.
Good.
Hunter's fools gold at this point.
Let him fade away.
looks like a fluke to me.
Depends on what he gets. There is absolutely nothing in his resume to indicate 2006 was possible, so i would say Matthews is a huge "buyer beware".Quote:
Although Texas may have something to do with that. I'm not saying Matthews is better than Hunter, because he's not. But he's a much better deal from a financial perspective.
Any outfielder they bring in needs to cover ground.
At 32 years old, that ability's almost gone by the wayside.
They need fresh legs, not some guy that pounded himself sensless on astroturf and outfield walls (sound familiar?), and not a guy that had a one year bump in hitters park.
This is the wrong time for chasing one's own tail.