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So does the Santander deal (5 years, $18.5 mn/yr) mean that there aren't enough Loonies left in the Jays' piggy-bank to pay Pete? It's unclear.
Anthony Di Como (who openly admits he's rooting for Peeeete to stay) agrees with all the reports that the Mets won't budge beyond 3 years, $23.3 mn per. Since the $70 mn total is less than half what Pete/Boras turned down last season, there's the argument that pride will drive him elsewhere. But, to quote the Doors, "the future's uncertain and the end is always near."
Allegedly, it's hard to buy into a long-term plan for a guy who went from .869 to .821 to .788 OPS, from 131 to 118 to 88 RBI. Sigh.
Di Como also has hopes for David Wright in tonight's HoF ballot reveal, but I just can't see it. The argument is that Wright has relatively high OPS and similar numbers…but of course that's because he only played 1585 games and injuries wiped out his decline phase.
9 ASG, 3 Gold Gloves…but no rings, no MVPs and not enough "black ink" to overcome the lack of counting stats. He sits on the Hall of Very Good bench with Mattingly, I'm afraid. JMO.
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