Third time and no charm, and now the fourth time has just brought on more disappointment. According ESPN’s Jayson Stark and a few other baseball news sources, Manny Ramirez has rejected yet another offer from the Dodgers.
The latest offer made on Wednesday was said to be a two-year, $45 million contract, with a salary of $25 million during the first year and $20 million during the second. The second year even included a player option in 2010. Good enough? Apparently not!
At 8:30 p.m. pacific time Thursday evening, the Los Angeles Dodgers released a statement that confirmed Manny Ramirez and agent Scott Boras rejected the fourth and most recent offer made by the club. Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt has expressed serious frustration with the pair, but still feels like a deal will be reached.
Boras and Manny Ramirez have been persistent with their interest in negotiating a long-term deal. I think the key phrase here is “long-term”.
Even though the last offer made by the Dodgers was appealing, the time frame of only two years might just be the “kick in the bucket”.
If the Dodgers offer Manny a deal for 3 years and possibly a dollar figure of something close to $60MM, you might see the slugger back in Dodger blue accepting a fifth offer. However, if the Dodgers can not add an extension to Manny’s contract length, a deal may never happen.
Whatever the case, we do know that the Dodgers need Manny and Manny needs the Dodgers. I see a deal very soon, however, this time the length will be 3 years snagging Manny back to LA.
There are no other bidders. The economy is not looking good for corporate perks seats sales anymore. The average Joe isn’t insane enough to pay $30 for a baseball ticket in this economy. No reason to give him this kind of money.
Let’s see if Manny retires or gets a long term contract from San Francisco (likely $56 for 4 years range). Come late July, maybe the Yankees or Mets will come begging. Otherwise, He’ll just have to take a one year $25mil prorated deal that is 7-9 million dollars more than anyone else will give him. The Dodgers don’t need him until July anyways…
Yea I think you might be right about him sitting out until July….it all depends how much the Dodger REALLY want him…I am about 90 percent sure LA with have yet another deal on the table in the next 48 hours…but like I said the deals needs to be more than 2 years….I however do not see Manny retiring…a prime time player does not just call it quits…
Sounds like the numbers and the years have been agreed up, the problem is the money being deffered, ifI am understanding the reports I just heard correctly.
Hey David,
Yea I am seeing the same…I think the Dodgers are killing themselves over the payment structure…it just seems way too complex and we all know Manny does not want to wait for payments..lol