Comments on: Free agents departing Rays have signed for $213 million

By: Bochy's Head/Timmy's Bong

Bochy's Head/Timmy's Bong — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:13:24 +0000

But of course that’s not the way it works at all. Those ex-Rays will make close to $50M in 2011 alone.

By: skipperxc

skipperxc — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:16:21 +0000

True story. I’d be more interested in what the lot of them make for next season alone.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:49 +0000

We’re using salary numbers for suspect results here. $213M over 19 years? This would also mean, if evenly divided, that they could have kept these guys for $11.5M per year.
Guess they could afford that.

By: virusgvr

virusgvr — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:10:02 +0000

This is because the Rays are considered a pitstop to bigger and better things, just like the Royals and the Pirates!