That’s the story coming via Jon Heyman’s Twitter account. Either the Rays want to stage a musical adaptation of the Red Sox 2004 season, Jon Heyman’s wrong like never before, or Andrew Friedman has done some seriously unexpected, and possibly brilliant, dumpster diving. Damon will earn $5.25 MM and Manny will pick up $2MM, practically chump change for the two players.
No one is expecting much from either player next season, despite Manny Ramirez .970 OPS with the Dodgers (his OPS with the White Sox was a much weaker .738), and Johnny Damon’s .756 while with Detroit. Those are still above average numbers and each player should have something left in the tank. If not, $7.25 million isn’t a large amount to risk.
While everyone was counting on the Rays using 2011 as a rebuilding season, they have potentially upgraded in the outfield and at DH. And even if they can’t pull off a miracle, they should have at least one solid bargaining chip come the All-Star break.
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