[color=#006400 said:
Mitch[/color]]Btw, that's a bad list of old vets. Geez ;-). I guess when you wait them the breaks. Also, why get Manny when he sits for 50 days?
b/c those 50 games
can and would be taken into consideration when negotiating a partial-season contract. The ALCD is the
only division in the AL that is presently weak enough where the Tigers could remain contenders, while he serves his 50 games, and then having Manny join the team during the month of June would be similar to acquiring players before the trade deadline @ the end of July, only being a few months earlier instead.
It may not matter any way, b/c some other contending AL team may go after him DURING the early season, IF their DH becomes injured and as a result goes on more than the 60 day DL (or worse the remainder) or is mired in a season long slump (JUST like the Tigers have with VMart for the former and VERY likely
again ADunn with the White Sox, coincidentally enough)
Like Sbee has posted in the past (who oddly enough, decided not to join our "merry" little band of Tigers fans here on the Proboards) there is no such thing as a bad one year contract, and of course Ramirez' contract with the Tigers
would be based on LESS than a full season.
IF the Tigers were in the ALED OR WD than I would be completely opposed to acquiring Manny, as he would NOT be enough help to beat out the top teams in those divisions. The Tigers will very probably STILL need more help than just a replacement for VMart, regardless of whom they do (or do not) get to bat @ DH, if they want to make any noise in the postseason, IMO.