rjequalsmj
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When are the position player dominoes gonna start falling. Upton, Cespedes, Gordon, Davis. Wonder if Davis' camp is regretting turning down that O's deal.
When are the position player dominoes gonna start falling. Upton, Cespedes, Gordon, Davis. Wonder if Davis' camp is regretting turning down that O's deal.
Gordon back to Royals, believed to be 4 years, 70-75 M.
Fuck I needed to be productive this morning.
Not a Royals fan, but am happy that they could re-sign a player that they developed. Reports are that the deal is 4 years $72 M ($18 M per). By far, the largest contract in club history, breaking the $55 million contract that Royals gave to Gil Meche (yes, Gil Meche). Love that the Royals can win with a payroll that large market teams mock (Gordon's contract wouldn't rank in the top 20 in Yankee or Dodger history)
Three people left Griffey off their ballots. What are the odds any of them have the stones to explain why?
So of the players currently on the ballot, Bagwell, Raines, and Hoffman are all getting in eventually. Schilling has a decent shot and I have to think that's it, unless the tide changes on the PED guys.
Piazza getting in represents a change in position on the PED guys. Piazza admitting to using androsteindione which is a steroid (but technically not banned by baseball at the time). The Bonds use of the cream and the clear also was technically not banned at the time as no one knew what the stuff was. There are players in the HOF that used amphetamines, which are illegal prescription PEDs, and no one knows for certain how many of the guys already in used some PED variant. I think there is a chance that Clemens and Bonds get in over the next 6 years (before they fall off the ballot). FWIW, Bert Blyleven got in the HOF, and he had some years when he was at 17%. The numbers can jump when the player is near the end of his run on the ballot.