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Originally Posted by J P Falcon the 3rd
Did you try negotiating with him at all? If so, how did it go?
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Honestly, no. My payroll is legitimately $27M for 2011. I've negotiated some small extensions with solid players like Mike Adams ($3.5M) and Clayton Richard ($4M).
With $17M as a starting point with Johnson, I didn't even want to pretend. There was no point in offering him $9. I have three minor league second basemen coming up in the next year or two who'll all produce similar numbers for the league minimum.
So why blow out my payroll?