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[h1]Manny Ramirez Rumors: Friday[/h1]
By Drew Silva [February 27 at 9:21am CST]
According to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, deferred payments were the key issue in Manny Ramirez's rejection of the Dodgers' most recent offer. As Hernandez explains,
Under the terms of the contract that Ramirez was offered by the Dodgers on Wednesday, he would've received $10 million this year. And by exercising the option for the second year, he would've received $10 million in 2010.
Ramirez, who turns 37 in May, would've been paid the remaining $25 million over the next three years without any added interest. He would've received $10 million in 2011, $10 million in 2012 and $5 million in 2013 .
Scott Boras made a counter offer using the same basic language and numbers of the club's two-year, $45MM offer, but without the deferred payments. Boras told the Dodgers that they have until noon to strike a contract.
I'd be@ them deferred payments
Get it done, we WIN with Manny this year.
Originally Posted by bright nikes
^you watching steve phillips on First Take too?
Originally Posted by P MAC ONE
Steve Phillips is the Todd McShay of baseball on ESPN so take that FWIW
Two-year, $45 million offers apparently come wrapped different ways, and Ramirez wants the package that would pay him $25 million in 2009 and $20 million in 2010, with an opt-out clause after the first year.
Lets get it done. Those are the kind of contracts the Dodgers like, short. Manuel can opt out in 2010, that puts us in the running for the Lebronsweepstakes in 2010. Hopefully he switches to baseball.
1:15pm: According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, Manny is willing to accept the Dodgers' most recent offer if the money is not deferred. Most of you have probably already assumed this.
Get it done already, please!
2:01pm: Giants managing partner Bill Neukom spoke to reporters, including the San Jose Mercury News' Andrew Baggarly, on Friday morning. He left open the possibility of his club making a late run at Ramirez:
"We've been in touch with Manny and his agent for months about this," Neukom said. "We've explored a number of situations. I think by far the Dodgers have been more active. Then there are these other teams Boras has talked about. We're not a phantom team. There are other teams that haven't been named that are in this. So we'll see."
Giants should make an offer, lets make it fun.
Giants should make an offer, lets make it fun
I hope they don't, others teams might jump in an say we can do that.
Jackson cites a "well-placed source" who says that Boras responded to the Dodgers' two-year, $45MM offer with a counter proposal of two years and $55MM.
from MLBTR
this is not going to end well and honestly, i'm fed up with it all.
i'll go back to what i said in the other thread.
year 1 = $25MM
year 2 = $25MM
year 3 = option year $20MM
-J-
Give the dude a 3 year deal and let's get it done.
[h1]Manny Ramirez Rumors: Saturday[/h1]
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [February 28 at 9:52am CST]
9:52am: According to ESPN.com's Buster Olney some baseball executives estimate that the deferred money offered by the Dodgers would be worth roughly $41MM in present value, including $22.5MM this year. As Olney says, that's still more than the combined base salaries of Bobby Abreu, Orlando Hudson, Pat Burrell, Joe Crede, Cliff Floyd, Mark Loretta and Takashi Saito.
9:19am: Yesterday, we heard that the Dodgers' most recent offer to Manny Ramirez included deferred money, but Manny and Scott Boras want a deal without deferred payments. Today, a trio of LA Times writers kick off the Manny rumors.
Dylan Hernandez reports that Manny and Scott Boras are waiting to hear whether the Dodgers will accept their counter-offer of two years and $45MM, without any deferred money and with an opt-out clause for Manny at the end of this year.
Bill Shaikin points out just how much the economy has changed since the Dodgers first offered Manny a deal and Brian Kamenetzky writes that Manny shouldn't expect to make as much as A-Rod.