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Post by ewing6 on May 5, 2009 19:02:52 GMT -5
Astros trade:
1B Berkman, Lance 33 $14,500,000 2 93 93 9.8 0
8 mil a year untill he expires
royals trade: 1B Hosmer, Eric 19 $15,800 Arb '11 64 90 7.8 0
SP Cortes, Daniel 22 $21,000 Arb '11 67 87 8.1 0
i accept berkman gives me a big bat which i can use for the next few years I have bulter as a young 1st even jacobs as well then I have enough sp to trade cortes
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Post by metkid1525 on May 5, 2009 19:06:16 GMT -5
I accept. Acquiring both Hosmer and Cortes help my rebuilding cause seeing that I pickup a strong future 1B and SP while Berkman can potentially help the Royals win within the next few years.
I would like to point out that the 8 mil a year that is going to the Royals means he gets $8 mil in '09 and then another $8 mil in '10 and thats it because Berkman expires after the 2010 season.
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Post by yanks26 on May 5, 2009 19:33:28 GMT -5
approved
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Post by reds in 09 on May 5, 2009 20:42:13 GMT -5
this dont seem right, Deny. Berkmans an absolute STUD still and will be for the next 3-4 years, seems like your kinda GIVING him away.
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Post by metkid1525 on May 5, 2009 20:59:43 GMT -5
the point of rebuilding a team is acquiring younger talent that the GM feels will bloom into excellent ballplayers. With the acquisition of Hosmer, he will become the core of the future of the Astros infield. Many of the players I already acquired will be MLB ready in most likely the next 3-4 seasons, which is when Berkman's talent will probably start to wane. I'd rather have a solid young group of infielders that are all MLB ready at once so they can work together for many seasons to come instead of possibly having to replace Berkman when he's 40 or 41 years old and the rest of my players are in their mid to late 20s.
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Post by reds in 09 on May 6, 2009 1:24:53 GMT -5
Dude if you want to give him away thats fine. But paying for his salary, which he will be worth every penny he makes, SEEM'S CRAZY. That's all im saying here. Berkman will be a MVP type player for the next 2 years, So no need to pay for HALF his salary.  |
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Post by Asdrubal07 on May 6, 2009 13:09:30 GMT -5
Deny, you can't pay for the contract each year, you can only include cash in the initial trade.
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Post by Asdrubal07 on May 6, 2009 16:06:01 GMT -5
I guess we'll allow the paying some salary each year so approve.
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Post by Fish Troll on May 6, 2009 16:39:25 GMT -5
I can only do that by $8M x 2 years = $16M Cash. Astros barely have enough to pay that. So do Astros still want to do that?
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Post by metkid1525 on May 6, 2009 16:43:00 GMT -5
I wouldn't pay 16M in one year...I thought you could trade over $8M one season then trade over another $8M next season..if that's the case where I can barely pay for it then no I don't want to follow through.
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