Wabberjocky wrote:
And then there's Gil Meche, signing for five years and $55 million with the Kansas City Royals. Easily the biggest franchise-crippling move of the offseason, more so than Soriano's.
One, Meche isn't very good.
Two, Kansas City doesn't have anything left to spend on anyone.
Three, this signing does nothing to help the Royals win.
The numbers for Meche in years and dollars were ridiculous, I agree.
But he's easily a No. 1 on the Royals, where he would be a No. 4 or No. 5 on a contending team. That was probably part of the motivation behind signing him.
And who knows? Maybe Uncle Bud sidled up to David (Wal-Mart) Glass at the most recent owners' meetings and said, "Looky here, Dave. Time to open the vault a bit and give those fans something to latch onto. Elsewise we might be talking about contraction real soon. Hate to see Kansas City pop up on the list."
On an unrelated note, too bad No. 25 got a contract. I was hoping he'd be left without an offer and have to threaten to take baseball to court to get a "job."
And if he's not indicted and/or jailed before he hits home run No. 22 next year, the night he does so in San Francisco (because you know he will sit out all road games once he gets close) will be the most anticlimactic "record"-setting night in the history of world sports. For the most revered record in world sports.
The only consolation is that A-Rod will one day supplant No. 25 as the all-time home-run champ, whether he stays with the Yankees or not. Dog in the clutch that he is, he is at the very least a clean-cut citizen who always hustles, and he does get his numbers every year. I think he is on pace to hit about 800.