[Baltimore Sun]-Lee down to Houston-Baltimore-Philadelphia
-------------------------------------------------------------------- It sure looks like the competition for outfielder Carlos Lee has come down to the Orioles, Astros and Phillies. That's how the...
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From the NY Daily News:Meanwhile, the Daily News has learned that in the wake of the $136 million, eight-year contract the Cubs gave Soriano, a bidding war has ensued between the Astros and the...
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If the Astros are mainly worried about Lee breaking down over a 6 or 7 year contract like Bagwell did. One idea would be to pay him slightly more like 3 or 4 years at 18/19/20 million. It's out of the...
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The Houston Chronicle just posted a new article on-line about the Astros and Lee:chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...52712.htmlNot really a lot of information, other than saying that the Astros and Lee's...
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Basically, it sounds like he doesn't want to get caught bidding against the "phantom" team like Boras is fond of getting teams to do.I'm down with OBP (yeah you know me).
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more from the Baltimore Sun:It's believed the Orioles would offer as much as a six-year contract worth about $80 million to $90 million for Lee, 30. Though it would be a substantial commitment, it's...
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Well, one thing the Astros have going for them is the fact that Lee played in the NL Central with the Brewers. So he has seen plenty of the Astros and knows what kind of quality organization they are...
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The O's might be the only team more desperate for offense than the Astros. Angelos will over spend, lets hope Drayton does not. No way would I give Lee that type of money for that long of time. You...
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Quote:I hope the key word is "would." I would certainly hope Lee would choose the legitimate chance to win (or contend at least) and get paid over the chance to get paid and come in fourth place every...
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$80 million is too much. I'd stick to a 5 year $70-75 million deal. At most I'd give an option year. If Lee gets higher elsewhere and wants to lose then that's his prerogative.There are plenty of...
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