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Old 05-13-2008, 12:59 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Big Hugg View Post
Ramirez was expected to get 8 million in arbitration this fall. Now, if you want to be conservative, you can say he gets 8, 10, 12 over his 3 years of arbitration eligibility. At which time, he then hits free agency and gets his 17-20 million a year (which he would get). That's 81-90 million right there.
Yeah, so it's just the regular discount for pre-free agency deals, which people often mistake for bargain.

It's not really a bargain considering every pre-free agency contracts are constructed similarly.
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