like what magic says there goes any leverage you (thought you) had robbie and oh yeah... suck on that jay z SPORTSMONEY Magic Johnson Warns Jay Z: Cano Price Too High For Dodgers by Mike Ozanian, Forbes -- 2 hours agoLos Angeles Dodgers part-owner Magic Johnson told the New York Post that New York Yankees free-agent Robinson Cano would likely be too expensive for his team. Johnson's quote: "You can't have two guys, I mean, come on man, anybody who knows numbers. A year from now, two, here comes Hanley [Ramirez]. We've got guys we need to keep. When it is all said and done the numbers probably don't add up." The Dodgers, who won the National League West and lead the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in the Division Series, currently have a $235 million payroll and are on the hook for $165 million in guaranteed contracts next season, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts. Ramirez is slotted to make $16 million next season and then will become a free agent. The shortstop hit .345 this season. More important for the Dodgers is signing All-Star pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who earned signed a two-year deal with the team before last season for $19 million, is eligible for arbitration after this season and becomes a free-agent after the 2014 season.Cano is represented by Brodie Van Wagenen of CAA Sports under the umbrella of Jay-Z's Roc Nation. As I wrote last week, not only is the 10-year, $310 million Cano's reps are asking for too high, but even the seven-year, $161 million the Yankees are offering Cano is too rich. A study by Ray C. Fair that looked at the relationship between performance–measured by on-base percentage (OBP) and OBP plus slugging percentage (OPS)–and age for major league baseball players from 1921 to 2004 indicates that Cano, who is 31, will produce sharply declining hitting numbers in a couple of years. No matter how much money the Dodgers get from their new television deal with Time Warner Cable, Johnson is too smart to get bogged down with an Albert Pujols type contract. __
This is big for Jay-Z and I wonder how committed he will be to his latest "Thing", being an agent, if/when MLB players see him get bitch slapped?
I'm OK with one more year of MEllis... then get a FA, or maybe the Cuban guy... Cano will probably go back to the Yankees... after all, the ARE the Yankees and the pressure is on them after this year...
yankees should pull their offer off the table and let him walk let's see what his pseudo-agent can get for him then...
Haha too costly? No such thing. Translation: We aren't paying that much for someone who's not worth it.
We have to sign some big star. I cannot handle another year with Mark Ellis...dude swung at a ball on a run and hit play, the fucking cunt! :slingshot:
I still think it's a possibility we see Howie Kendrick in Dodger blue next year. Honestly I'd rather have him than Mr. Donchaknow at this point.
Cano is such a dinosaur though. Kendrick or the Cuban who is going all Manti Te'o's girlfriend on us.
You know, I keep thinking about this and I keep thinking this could be a ploy to deflect interest from Cano, then swoop in and sign him. Not saying what I want, but it could be a tactic.
Dodgers are now in trouble for Magic's comments. Not allowed to comment on specific players. Not sure what the punishment could be, but I believe it is mostly just a fine.
Argh! The runner was going because it was a 3-1 pitch. If he let the pitch a outside and very low go, the runner ends up at second anyway on the walk. Man, wish you had been around the game a little longer. :vlick:
