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Gagne to the Rangers
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 4:23 pm
by TDDance234
One day after reportedly making an offer to left-hander Barry Zito, the Rangers are close to signing another Scott Boras client, free-agent closer Eric Gagne, to a one-year contract, FOXSports.com has learned.
The deal, which likely is pending a physical, would include significant appearance incentives; Boras had been seeking a $6 million base salary plus $5 million in bonuses for a possible total of $11 million, major-league sources said....The Rangers have explored the possibility of trading right-hander Akinori Otsuka, their closer last season, for young starting pitching.
Wow.
A chance at $11 million for a guy thats arm is hanging on by a thread.
Baseball salaries are getting out of hand.
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 4:32 pm
by SuperJon
Here's a pitcher who I believe was on steroids.
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 5:01 pm
by bigsmooth
that would be GAGNE.....have you been around GMTM??
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 5:08 pm
by Rocketfan
bigsmooth wrote:that would be GAGNE.....have you been around GMTM??
Should be Gag-me with that stupid contract.
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 6:03 pm
by TDDance234
Ugh.
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 10:15 pm
by Sly Fox
It just shows how desperate the Rangers are for pitching of any kind. They have a long history of overpaying for arms that turn out to be well below average.
Posted: December 12th, 2006, 11:12 pm
by TDDance234
Didn't they sign Chan Ho Park a few years back and he bombed misrably?
Posted: December 13th, 2006, 11:38 am
by Libertine
Anyone else remember the Jose Conseco Experiment?
Posted: December 13th, 2006, 11:43 am
by bigsmooth
who is cOnseco??
Posted: December 13th, 2006, 1:00 pm
by Sly Fox
The guy who has the fieldhouse in Indy.
On a related note, Jose's much maligned book outing steroids is a terrific (albeit misguided) read.