http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2009/07/back-in-the-saddle-again.shtml Brooklyn-based Sports Illustrated author Jay Jaffe's blog Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.40 http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2009/07/back-in-the-saddle-again.shtml/comment-page-1#comment-40 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:04:54 +0000 http://www.futilityinfielder.com/wordpress/2009/07/back-in-the-saddle-again.shtml#comment-40 It's like the Blue Jays were run like they are a big market team some of the time. Very few teams should be handing anyone 126 million. Not many players are worth that, their contracts usually end up being albatrosses for the team that they try desperately to unload a few years later. When medium market teams do that, it usually backfires. It happened with Mike Hampton, Barry Zito and Vernon Wells. The Tigers were very lucky that Juan Gonzalez turned down their extravagent offer in 2000. I kind of doubt they will deal Halladay this year because they know how upset the fans will be and will want to delay it for a while.

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