>TC<
03-15-2002, 12:42 AM
Rick Reed will have to make up his mind whether to rescind his trade demand or become a FA.
This is only my opinion but I'd give odds that he rescinds his demand and stays with the Twins. nobody out there is going to pay him anywhere near the $15 million that he has left of the final two years of his contract, and if he pitches 197 innings this season a third year kicks in at $8 million. If he was out there as a FA he'd be lucky to get $3 or $4 mil.
The Twins have tried to trade him but the only team that would even talk to them was the Mets and they've backed off.
The Twins could do worse for a fourth starter but $7 mil a year is a heck of a price to pay for it.
Win Twins!
TC
This is only my opinion but I'd give odds that he rescinds his demand and stays with the Twins. nobody out there is going to pay him anywhere near the $15 million that he has left of the final two years of his contract, and if he pitches 197 innings this season a third year kicks in at $8 million. If he was out there as a FA he'd be lucky to get $3 or $4 mil.
The Twins have tried to trade him but the only team that would even talk to them was the Mets and they've backed off.
The Twins could do worse for a fourth starter but $7 mil a year is a heck of a price to pay for it.
Win Twins!
TC