So Obvious I Barely Need to Post About It…
October 28, 2009 at 11:00 am | Posted in Manny Ramirez | 12 CommentsFrom SI’s Jon Heyman’s Twitter:
manny will exercise $20-million option and stay with #dodgers. #diamondbacks will pick up webb’s $8.5-million option.
Shockingly, Manny’s taking big money rather than going into a depressed free agent market after a year of tarnishing his reputation and somewhat underperforming. Who’d have thought?
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Hey, maybe we can get a full year out of him this time around.
Comment by Stephen — October 28, 2009 #
I’m not sure this is not a really good thing. Depending on how this McDivorce thing works out, next year might be the last competitive year for a while. Damn I wish I had $700 million to loan MSTI.
Comment by Chris — October 28, 2009 #
Nay dude will play harder this year cos its a contract season. he got his money and had nothing to prove but this year he will play hard to show that his value is worth alot more. . . plus having the Devil as your agent helps too. thanks Boras for proving to me sodomy is legal
Comment by Johnny — October 28, 2009 #
So conflicted…just so conflicted. Despite what some writers would have you believe, Manny’s still a great hitter and the best bat we have in the lineup. But there’s just something about him that pisses me off. Guess I’ll just enjoy this last year with him and hope he starts taking roids again in the off season. Either way we get the “juiced up” Manny or, if he gets caught, we get to spend his salary elsewhere.
Comment by Doug — October 28, 2009 #
I’m sure I’m being a super homer just by saying this, but I think Manny was so embarrassed this year – and since it’s a contract year – that he’s really going to come back with a pretty nice 2010.
Besides, even though he wasn’t vintage Manny in 2009, he was still one of the best hitters in the league.
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — October 28, 2009 #
btw, re: Paige Hemmis — Jeff Kent haunts us all, once again!
Comment by SoSG Sax — October 28, 2009 #
who is that? why should I know her?
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — October 28, 2009 #
Hah – Jeff Kent’s partner on Superstars. Got it.
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — October 28, 2009 #
I think she is one of the crying fools on that Sunday evening sobfest on ABC. I wish I could think of the name of the program, but I am usually watching reruns of Entourage at that time.
Comment by grabarkewitz — October 28, 2009 #
I may be in the minority, but I believe Manny is toast w/o his PEDs. A medium average hitter w/o power. I think that the Dodgers should try to void his contract, saying it was signed by a person who knew he was violating league rules. I say this, as long as the $20m goes to another hitter and not into a divorce decree. Man, things went downhill quickly after the Cardinal wins.
Comment by Dodger Doodle — October 29, 2009 #
But the money won’t be spent on getting better players. Manny was already pretty much off PEDs this year (he was caught coming off a cycle in Spring Training) and still put up ~.950 OPS this year. I’m more worried that age will be a bigger factor next year.
Comment by bayareadfan — October 29, 2009 #
PEDS don’t disappear from your system immediately. You could see Manny fade as the season wore on and his system cleaned up. You can’t look at the OPS for the year, it’s not balanced. After the All-Star game his OPS was .838, which is about Casey Blake level (.831). And how many players not on PEDs improve at age 38? So we should expect a less-than-Casey-Blake from Manny next year. You think THAT’s going to take you further on the post-season?
Comment by Dodger Doodle — October 30, 2009 #