Torii Hunter

[wheels]

I don't know. Johnny Damon can still cover a lot of ground. He just can't throw...at all.

I'd rather pay Matthews $2.5M than $12M to Hunter or Griffey for that matter.

Damon didn't play his entire career on astroturf.

There's a significant attrition rate there.

Ask Ken Griffey JR. about that.

As for Matthews, I'd postion that they simply don't need him.

[flyer85]

I'd rather pay Matthews $2.5M than $12M to Hunter or Griffey for that matter.

I'd rather pay Deno 330K and take my chances.

[REDREAD]

is $12M overpaying Hunter?

For a one year deal in this marketplace, it isn't IMO.

The supply of good CF seems very low now.

EDIT: for the Twins, I think it's a good deal.

For the Reds, it's harder to say, as we have plenty of holes to fill. I know Jr is a weak glove in CF, but he's close to adequate. There's other holes on this club that are downright putrid that I'd spend that 12 million on first.

[dunner13]

Either stick with Deno or possibly get Aaron Rowand. Hes not a great hitter but he plays hard and brings alot of energy to a team.

[kheidg-]

This Twins will likely try to work out a 3 year contract with Torii so they don't have to pay him 12M this season.

Something like 3 yr 27 million is likely 8/9/10 or something along those lines. Torii knows if he has a bad season this year he won't get 3 yr 27 mil on the open market. He also has expressed his desire to play in Minnesota.

[mth123]

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

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