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Originally Posted by Antitrust32
i agree. 9 freaking million is nothing for a player like Cliff Lee.
If anything they would get two draft picks for him at FA next year.
All because they were fuc.king idiots and gave Jamie Moyer a 2 year 18 mil deal.
Just man up and pay 9 mil. You had 102% attendence for the year PLUS playoff home games. They can afford it.
Bad move but they said they needed to do it to fill up a depleted minor league system.. which was one of the best last year and now had nobody but Dominic Brown and this Phillipe canadian pitcher dude.
Way to be cheapo's!
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Didn't it also have something to do with their chances of re-signing Lee after next year? I guess the idea of getting Halladay now before you have to potentially overpay in free agency won out.
Kyle Drabek has already had Tommy John surgery, so one has to wonder if he might just be a #3 prospect, as Tim Kurkjian said on ESPN this morning.
It seemed like Halladay was basically begging them to trade for him and I'm confident he's a better pitcher than Cliff Lee.
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