December 17, 200322 yr Line-Up CF Juan Pierre 2B Luis Castillo RF Vlad Guerrero LF Miguel Cabrera 3B Mike Lowell 1B Jeff Conine/Hee Seop Choi C Ramon Castro SS Alex Gonzalez Rotation Josh Beckett Brad Penny Carl Pavano Dontrelle Willis Byung-Hyun Kim(Until A.J is ready) Bullpen Matt Mantei(Bring back the Ice Girls) Chad Fox A.J Burnett(When healthy trades places with Kim) Kent Merker Mike Neu Frank Gracesqui Jeff D'Amico(Minor League Contract maybe the next Pavano? Gut feeling I have) Bench Henry Blanco Mike Mordecai Chris Aguila Wilson Vladez Brain Banks How this happens? Trade prospects to Zona and have them pay a portion of Mantei salary then hope Kim is non tender by Boston which is possible. Henry Blanco, Kent Merker and Jeff D'Amico shouldn't be to hard to sign. So realistically this can all happen except possibily Guerrero. Either way thats a pretty darn good pitching staff.
December 17, 200322 yr Author Line-Up CF Juan Pierre 2.3 mil 2B Luis Castillo 5.5 mil RF Vlad Guerrero 13.5 for 7 years big IF LF Miguel Cabrera 310,000 3B Mike Lowell 7 mil 1B Jeff Conine/Hee Seop Choi 3 mil and 305,000 C Ramon Castro 450,000 SS Alex Gonzalez 2.6 mil Rotation Josh Beckett 2.2 mil Brad Penny 3 mil Carl Pavano 2.5 mil Dontrelle Willis 315,000 Byung-Hyun Kim(Until A.J is ready) 2.9 mil Bullpen Matt Mantei(Bring back the Ice Girls) 3.1 mil Dbacks pay rest Chad Fox 1.2 mil A.J Burnett(When healthy trades places with Kim) 2.3 mil Kent Merker 800,000 Mike Neu 300,000 Frank Gracesqui 300,000 Jeff D'Amico Minor League Contract if makes team 900,000 Bench Henry Blanco 500,000 Mike Mordecai 400,000 Chris Aguila 300,000 Wilson Vladez 300,000 Brain Banks 320,000 Hampton Pudge 11 mil Total 67-68 mil Total Without Vlad 56-57
December 17, 200322 yr I'm not a stickler on the details, but that bench is iffy at best. And you forgot Lenny Harris, who resigned with the team already. He alone makes that bench ALOT better.
December 17, 200322 yr Author Okay so if we don't sign Vlad our payroll will be around 55-58 mil which still allows us to sign a Troy O' Leary and or Tyler Houston along with guys I forgot to mention in the payroll Justin Wayne, Tim Spooneybarger, Nate Bump, Micheal Tejera and Abraham Nunez.
December 17, 200322 yr I say if we don't land Vlad, go after Mantei and Kim and all those people and build up the sickest Starting-Pen combination the NL East has ever seen. But, if you get Vlad, the pen is not as bad as everyone thinks it is, plus you have some nice offense to counter everyone else building pen.
December 17, 200322 yr Author Total 67-68 mil why it cannot happen Without Vlad we can keep the pitching and still be around 55-58 with my roster.
December 17, 200322 yr Total 67-68 mil why it cannot happen :crying :crying :crying wait a min..... it could happen..... watch...... Take away KIm and his 2.9 mil..... Take away Deminco and his 900 grand Take Away Bloncno and his 500 grand and Ice Man will not be 3.1 mil reason being i think he is due fr about 4.8 mil in 04 and i doubt that Zona pays half..... so take away this 4 guys that about 7.4 mil and you have our budget!!!!!!
December 17, 200322 yr Iceman is due about 7 mil, Zona will cover between 50-60% unless the deal is warranting more.
December 17, 200322 yr Author Mantei 2004 salary is 7 mil and they need to get rid of payroll because they want to sign Maddux. No way will have to pay 4.8 if we give them decent prospects like a package of Hutchinson, Wayne, Williangham, Aguila, Akens.
December 17, 200322 yr thanks odom, i can use a calculator too its all in the head KID RAMP...... anyways 7 mil???????? f*** that you all know ZOna has a better offer with the twins for Jones..... it just isnt gonna happen
December 17, 200322 yr Author its all in the head KID RAMP...... anyways 7 mil???????? f*** that you all know ZOna has a better offer with the twins for Jones..... it just isnt gonna happen Twins have payroll problems just like us what makes you think they can afford Mantei who will earn more than Jones and is often injured. They can't even afford Urbina who is asking for 5mil no way they afford Mantei 7 mil salary.
December 17, 200322 yr its all in the head KID RAMP......anyways 7 mil???????? f*** that you all know ZOna has a better offer with the twins for Jones..... it just isnt gonna happen Twins have payroll problems just like us what makes you think they can afford Mantei who will earn more than Jones and is often injured. They can't even afford Urbina who is asking for 5mil no way they afford Mantei 7 mil salary. cuz see what we are doing is giveing them prospects for a guy due 7 mil and we would have to most that cuz ZOna wont but with the twins, they are giving them an All Star and Zona will prob pay 60% of Matt's Paycheck..... its just whose offer is better, and we can top what the twins would give
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